In this episode I bring back Mary Elaine and her husband Brett to talk about what it looks like to be a team in marriage, building your marriage tool belt, and so much more. Mary Elaine mentions the app Love Nudge as a tool to help build intimacy – Check it out! Call to Marriage […]

Not everyone is content to live off of service member’s pay alone. Military spouses want to make money and many service members want to make additional income. People want a better quality of life and are willing to do the work to make more money but how do you do it? A growing path to […]

Tiffany and Tara recently had the opportunity to speak with the President and Co-founder of VAUSA, Mary Elaine Baker. VAUSA stands for Virtual Assistant United States of America, and is a company you want to know more about! They currently have many telecommute part-time contracting positions available and Mary Elaine breaks it all done with […]

Behind the Service chats with Mary Elaine Baker, president and co-founder of VAUSA, a military spouse and veteran-owned boutique business that provides virtual administrative and marketing solutions for business owners and entrepreneurs who are task saturated. Mary Elaine became a military spouse when she married her husband Brett in 2013. Recognizing the untapped potential of […]

Trying to navigate a career as a military spouse is tough! But having your own thing is possible! In today’s episode, we chat with Mary Elaine Baker, a military spouse veteran who chose to leave her teaching career for a better work-life balance. She became a virtual assistant and eventually created VAUSA, a company that […]

In this episode, Mary Elaine speaks to how to better market yourself as a military spouse, how the shift to remote work is beneficial for spouses, as well as how her company VAUSA aims to provide opportunities for spouses. Call to Marriage TRANSCRIPTION Callie: In this episode of Call to Marriage, I speak with Mary […]

Savannah-Based Virtual Staffing Company Announces Fundraising Effort for Hire Heroes USA in Recognition of Military Spouse Day. Savannah, Ga., May 1 – Since President Ronald Reagan’s proclamation in 1984 the United States has formally recognized the unselfish contributions of military spouses to the well-being of their families and the general welfare of their communities, an […]

Savannah, Ga., July 4 – Brett Baker, a former Army Ranger based at Hunter Army Airfield, and his wife Mary Elaine Baker, a former Chatham County school teacher, started Patriot Advantage in 2018 in response to their experiences as a military family.  Recognizing the values, resiliency and capabilities military spouses possess and the opportunities afforded […]

Savannah, Ga., Dec 09 – VAUSA, a Savannah-based virtual staffing company, was inducted into the Department of Defense’s Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) on Dec 9, 2020, in a virtual ceremony.  VAUSA joins 85 new partners to MSEP – bringing the number of employers to 500. MSEP connects military spouses with hundreds of partner employers […]