Reddit reviews Roses and Thorns (A Handbook for Marine Corps Enlisted Wives)

I agree with I'm not a Marine wife. I mean, I do identify as such when necessary, such as here where Marine wife is going to have different experience than Army girlfriend or whatever (some things are different for girlfriend vs wife, some things are different for each branch)

The majority of the time, I'm me... I'm an artist, an aspiring doula and birth photographer, a mother to 3 girls and a boy, and my husband is awesome.

For a lot of the stuff, when you are married you should be given a book called "Roses and Thorns" which is a helpful guide to some of the etiquette, terminology, ranks, etc.

If they don't give you it or you want a head start on it you can buy it on amazon, i suggest getting it secondhand, much cheaper

Of course, take some of it with a grain of salt. Like the part that says having tea parties is a normal part of our life... it's not.