Military families struggle as spouses face obstacles to transfer professional licenses after...

Saw an article about this sort of thing a while back in one of my American Legion Magazines, or similar to it sir LTC Eugene Chu

LTC Eugene Chu
..."Michelle Wintering is a speech pathologist whose husband is in the Army. Sometimes the family stays in one place for less than a year, and she hasn't been able to work full-time because of how difficult it is to transfer her license from state to state.

"Some require specific coursework before you can be licensed there," she said. "And then you have just the phone calls and the emails and the paperwork that you have to submit for proof of licensure in previous states."

Wintering said she loves what she does, but "what's frustrating for me is when I have gaps in employment and I want to be working."

And she's not alone.

Amanda James has a bachelor's degree and a teaching certificate. Her husband, Will, is in the Air Force.

"I have five states in the last ten years on my resume," she told CBS News.

She said that, while she's been able to find some work, she's been "underemployed," having never been able to secure a full-time teaching job.

Some 39% of active duty spouses, more than 130,000 people, need a license for their job and face under- or unemployment each time they move, according to the Department of Defense."...