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My Life as a Military Spouse

by Mitja on July 15, 2010

I know what you are thinking.  How does he do it, living full time as a military spouse in a tropical paradise with a beautiful wife and charming daughter? 
It was not always this easy.  I remember the times before the red carpet.
So this week I took a step back to return to the basics.  To [...]

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It is almost Father’s Day, so it must be time for the media to trot out their annual token stories about men who stay at home with the kids. 
When it comes to articles about fathers, reporters have a particularly hard time acknowledging the existence of  military husbands whether it is a heart-warming homecoming story or writing about the stress of [...]

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On Behalf of the Men

by Mitja on October 31, 2008

I was interviewed today by a video producer for UPI for my hard work at being a male civilian spouse of a service member.  It was kind of refreshing and I was happy to participate.  I only wish, of course, that I was as articulate in interviews as I am inside my head.
She found me through Thomas in [...]

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Children’s Movies

by Mitja on September 11, 2008

Elysia is on a business trip so Citrus and I are just hanging out.  She wants to go watch Army Wives or “that movie with the Captain and the boat”. 
We were channel-surfing last night and wound up watching Midway, a war movie with Charlton Heston, by default.  We were briefly watching something more benign, but [...]

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Red Carpet Moment: Army Wives

by Mitja on July 5, 2008

 From left to right: Sue Hoppin; Sally Pressman (”Roxy” on Army Wives); Mitja Ng-Baumhackl; Tanya Biank (author of Army Wives); Brigid Brannagh (”Pamela” on Army Wives); Nicole Alcorn.  As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with five wives….
This photo and others are posted on the MOAA Spouse Blog.

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