The 2013 Ultimate PCS Guide is Here!

SargesList 2013 Ultimate PCS Guide

SargesList has done it again! The 2013 Ultimate PCS Guide is here and it is the single most comprehensive PCS resource on the market today – even BETTER than last year’s. More than 10,000 of you downloaded our 2012 PCS Guide in five short months after it was released in July, 2012. The feedback from [...]

Don’t Qualify for HARP 2.0? You Still Have Options!

The VA IRRRL - known as the VA streamline or VA to VA Loan - can help military homeowners reduce their mortgage rates.

Did you read the latest SargesList post, New Lifeline for Underwater Military Homeowners: HARP 2.0, thinking you’d found a solution to your mortgage woes? Did you go to Zillow’s qualification calculator only to find out that your mortgage never saw the likes of Freddie  or Fannie? What now? If HARP 2.0 isn’t for you, you’re [...]

Getting Your House Fit to Fight for Your Next PCS Move with a PCS Purge!

Learn to organize before the move and be organized when you unpack. It doesn't happen automatically!

PCS season is fast approaching and spring cleaning fever is in full force. There is nothing more stressful than facing a PCS move without a plan to organize your home and shed some of your excess baggage. With each move, we acquire more stuff, which ultimately equals more shipping weight, which can equal big bucks [...]

June MilSpouse Spotlight: Michelle Ocampo, Photographer

By Melissa Renahan, Writer and Military Spouse As military spouses, we are familiar with the term ‘portable career’, but what does that really mean? The powers that be sometimes recommend fields like nursing or teaching, but really those are two competitive job markets that require degrees, training and an open position in the spot you’re [...]

Are You Ready for Flag Day?

By Nicole Leech, Military Spouse On the heels of Memorial Day, this time of year brings BBQ’s and flip-flops, warm weather and fun.  It also arouses our patriotic spirit.  Memorial Day, Flag Day and the Fourth of July Holidays bring the flag décor out at all the stores.  But before you raise your flag, do [...]

PCS Chronicles #7 | Things You Wish You Knew Before Your PCS

By Melissa Renahan, Military Spouse and Writer “If I knew then what I know now…” When you look back on your first PCS experience (or any PCS for that matter), there are inevitably things that you WISH you knew. They say that hindsight is always 20/20, yet maybe there is a way to gain insight [...]

PCS Chronicles #6 | PCS and Careers for Military Spouses

“What Color is Your Parachute?” used to be a popular book aimed at helping people figure out what careers in which they might excel. When you are married to the military, you may feel like you need a parachute when PCSing! When it comes to jobs, you may have an array of professional experience, yet [...]

PCS Chronicles #5 | Your Wheels (POV) and Your PCS

By Melissa Renahan, Military Spouse and Writer Whether you ride a motorcycle, have a 1500 hemi under the hood or cruise in a sporty four-door, one of the first questions when you have to PCS is what about my vehicle(s)? If you are PCSing OCONUS, the military will transport ONE of your vehicles for you [...]

PCS Chronicles #4 | PPM or JPPSO, which one will you choose in your next move?

By Melissa Renahan, Military Spouse and Writer If you are PCSing for the first time, are an expert PCS’r or if you know someone in the process, our PCS Chronicles can help. In Chronicle #1, we addressed housing options, #2 dealt with your stuff and in #3 we addressed pets and the PCS. In each [...]

PCS Chronicles #3 | Pets and Your PCS

Pets and Your PCS article provides tips on travel as well as lessons learned and links to organizations that can help foster or adopt your beloved friend. If you plan accordingly, your pet move could go smoother.