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Spouses who hold down demanding nonmilitary career jobs have told my wife and me that they felt they have been pushed outside of a unit’s social circle when they did not devote enough time to their F.R.G.

One of the main responsibilities of F.R.G. leaders is to provide guidance to commanders to ensure their policies take into account not just the soldier, but also the concerns of their families.

My wife and I found the F.R.G. to be of great assistance when I was assigned to a base in a remote part of Germany.

There is an expectation that spouses married to someone in a senior leadership position should also be leaders within the F.R.G. and military community.

The F.R.G. not only sponsors picnics, coffee hours, weekend trips, and video chats to loved ones overseas but also liaises with commanders in order to keep up the information flow to military families.