Base Buddies

Send us a text In this episode, Madison opens up about navigating newlywed life while choosing long-distance in the middle of military service. She shares the emotional challenges of loving a spouse from afar, how distance reshapes expectations, and what it really feels like to prepare for deployment as a young military spouse. This honest conversation highlights the strength, patience, and reality behind milspouse love stories that aren’t always seen.

Send us a text Her husband served 20+ years in the military, including deployments to the Middle East in 2001… and Stephanie lived it all alongside him. The deployments, relocations, and sacrifices no one talks about. In this episode, she opens up about what it really costs to love a career service member the struggles, the growth, and the reality after retirement. This is the side of military life most people never see.

Send us a text Alessia is a new milspouse who’s gone through multiple deployments — but this time, she’s doing it with a toddler on her hip. In this episode, she opens up about the emotional load, the small victories, the lonely nights, and the strength it takes to show up for her family every single day. From balancing motherhood with the unpredictability of military life to redefining what it means to stay grounded during deployment, Alessia’s story is honest, relatable, and deeply em...

In this episode, Micaela opens up about what it’s really like leaving her entire life in the UK to become a military spouse in America. From culture shocks to unexpected challenges, finding community, and adjusting to a whole new world she shares the honest, unfiltered journey so many foreign milspouses go through but rarely talk about.

Julia’s journey from Navy brat to LGBTQ military spouse is full of challenges, growth, and resilience. She shares what it’s like navigating military life, raising her child in the same world she grew up in, and embracing her identity along the way.

In this episode, Jocelyn shares her postpartum journey as a new mom and military spouse — from the mental load to the moments that almost broke her. It’s an open, raw and honest conversation about motherhood, marriage, and finding yourself again.

Our first guest is Teresa, and she’s sharing her story about being in the military, getting out, and stepping into life as a milspouse. From deployments to proposals, Teresa opens up about what that transition really looks like — the highs, the heartbreaks, and everything in between.