Plutonium

Yesssss, I seriously need WaW multiplayer back in my life

Is it possible to join public servers with a friend as a party? I'm wanting to play public matches with my wife, but I'd want to be able to be on the same team, like the retail party system. We are on the same network, so we can connect via LAN. I've tried searching the forum, but haven't found any concrete answers.