MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- Lifestyle Insights, Networking and Skills, or LINKS, sponsored the first Jane Wayne Day event here Saturday.

Jane Wayne Day provides Marine spouses a brief glimpse of what their husbands and wives do at work everyday.

LINKS uses these events as a way to have fun while teaching spouses about the Marines and  their traditions. Jane Wayne Day teaches Marines’ wives about the day-to-day lives of their husbands, explained Nico Duncan, the team leader of LINKS here. The wives also learned about how to get involved in their local  military community and the resources available to Marine Corps families.

To help the wives better understand their husbands’ role in the Marine Corps, the event taught them about such traditions as drill. Helping the wives understand what role their Marine plays also allows them to communicate better with their Marine, according to Angi Seus, assistant team director of LINKS.

The wives toured the flight line and Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum to learn about the aircraft their spouses work with every day.

They ate meals ready-to-eat, a common occurrence for Marines while deployed or in the field.

After lunch, the ladies became recruits aboard “Marine Corps Recruit Station Miramar” when Drill Instructors of Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Regiment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, came to the air station. The women participated in and learned how to drill as well as some of the physical exercises Marine recruits face daily.

“It helps give me a better understanding of what our spouses do,” said Heather Moses,  wife of Maj. Charles Moses. “I’m thankful there are men and women who can do this every day.”

The Marine Corps offers many programs to Marine families, said Seus. The Marine Corps sponsors the New Parent Support program, the Exceptional Family Member program, a program designed for Marines whose dependents have disabilities, as well as several youth and teen programs.

“These programs are extremely important to family readiness and to educate new spouses on traditions of the Marine Corps and other programs to assist them while their (spouse) is in the service,” said Col. Christopher O’Connor, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.

LINKS uses monthly meetings to continue to educate military spouses throughout the year and plans to have another Jane Wayne Day next year. For more information about LINKS or to volunteer, call 858-577-4810.