Since 1996, the Military Spouses' Career Network has been serving career-oriented U.S. military spouses worldwide. The Network was developed to:

You know that there is more to career development than simply getting a job at your partner's current duty station. The Military Spouses' Career Network provides a means for communicating, sharing, and assisting you in managing your career by increasing your access to valuable information on mobile career strategies, location-independent job opportunities, and how to improve your employability worldwide.

This web site will also serve as one distribution mechanism for a targeted outreach campaign designed to market military spouses to employers, who are faced with unprecedented difficulty in finding qualified employees in today's very competitive job market. Military spouses are a well-kept secret, but the perfect answer to employers' recruitment challenges.

If your spouse is on active duty in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy, this web site is dedicated to you. Whether you are employed, are seeking employment, are self-employed, wish to join the workforce, or are a student, we hope you'll find this site among the most useful places on the web.

This web site is intended to supplement the resources of your installation's Family Member Employment Assistance Program (FMEAP)/Spouse Employment Assistance Program (SEAP) by bridging the gaps, empowering you with additional resources to facilitate self-management of your career development, and helping to develop more and better employment opportunities for us all. Your installation's FMEAP/SEAP is your local source of information on employment, education, and career development opportunities.

The Military Spouses' Career Network is your opportunity to interact with the only true experts when it comes to military spouse employment-- other military spouses. Working together, we can guide and encourage one another, share our knowledge, strategies, and contacts, and improve our individual and collective prospects for career success.

By helping to organize a networking group in your area, you can take maximum advantage of what the on-line Military Spouses' Career Network and your fellow military spouses have to offer you.

DoD Directive 1400.33 prevents your decision to pursue a career, education, or volunteer activities from affecting your partner's military career--your activities cannot be taken into consideration in rating your partner's performance. The only instances where your partner's Command may address your activities is when your specific position would result in a lawfully prohibited conflict of interest with your partner's official duties. For example, if you worked for a government contractor and your partner was to be involved in a procurement action to which your employer was a party-- then, the Command may have to recuse (disqualify) your partner from participating in the procurement action.

This is not a DoD web site. The opinions expressed in this web site (except for those posted by members at The Water Cooler) are those of The Career Coach and are based on her professional training and personal experience, unless otherwise stated. Opinions expressed at this web site do not necessarily represent the policy, opinions, or practices of any agency or department of the federal government. To ensure accuracy, all information contained on this web site (except that which is posted in the forums) is verified to the extent possible, and references to applicable regulations and policies are noted. Because of inter-service differences, some information may be different than would apply to you; should you find this the case, please notify the webmaster so that exceptions can be investigated and noted.

To maintain the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of information available to military spouses, please do not quote, copy, or extract portions of this web site and re-post them elsewhere, as this web site may be updated based on more current guidance at any time. However, you are encouraged to link to this web site; if you do, please notify the webmaster, and a reciprocal link will be established, if appropriate.

This web site is updated irregularly, depending on the amount of new information to be added (and the webmaster's travel schedule.) If you disagree with the opinions or advice expressed here, or wish to share yours, you are encouraged to contact
The Career Coach.