Purple Heart Recipient and Wife Thank Donors for Support during Pandemic In his 20 years of service, retired Army Staff Sgt. Robert Carter Sr. earned a Purple Heart, and deployed four times, three of those combat deployments. His body remains riddled with shrapnel after being injured in a mortar attack in Iraq in 2004. “From … Continued
Operation Homefront Support Helps Marine Veteran Care for Disabled Father Marine veteran Alexander Tettey Jr. recently completed training to become an emergency medical technician but before he could start a job, the global pandemic made the work too risky. Alexander is a caregiver for his disabled father, who lives with him. With his father being … Continued
Navy veteran Clinton Patterson was three days into his first deployment in April 2018 when his wife Jessica confirmed she was pregnant. As he traveled to various locations in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic seas, both worried he would not be home for the birth of his first child. He returned in November that same … Continued
A Veteran Caregiver Finds Community, Friendship, and Camaraderie in Hearts of Valor program As COVID-19 shut down in-person meetings, businesses, and churches, all places where caregivers may seek support, Michelle Bassett has made it her mission to make sure those in her Hearts of Valor caregiver support group know she is still there when needed. … Continued
Michelle Bassett is a military spouse and caregiver for her husband, James Bassett, a retired Army specialist. The two are both cancer survivors and James was a caregiver for Michelle after her mastectomy and several other surgeries. But physical injuries from his time in the service became more problematic and now Michelle is his full-time … Continued
Army Wife Enjoys First All-Virtual Homefront Celebration Event Amanda and her husband, Jose Arguelles, had been married for three years when Jose decided to enlist in the Army. Their oldest daughter, Aliyana, was 2 at the time. “We started our journey at Fort Hood,” Amanda said. “I got pregnant with our second, which was our … Continued
Veteran, Single Mom Grateful for Operation Homefront Villages Geraldine Ferraren grew up in the Philippines as a U.S. citizen. Once she was old enough, she left her home country and moved to the U.S. to serve in the American military. Being a young woman and traveling alone, from what she said was a conservative country … Continued
Caregiver for Army Veteran Finds Support through Hearts of Valor As a caregiver for her Army veteran husband, Tonya Gallina has had to quit two jobs, wrestled with feelings of isolation and at one point, lived through homelessness. She and Kurt met in 2013 and got married two years later. Between the two of them, … Continued
Army Spouse Wins SNHU Scholarship at Homefront Celebration Shawn Hill was attending Howard University when her grandmother—who had graduated from Howard—became ill with cancer. Shawn eventually had to quit school to help her mom care for her grandmother until she died. After that, Shawn was never able to finish her degree. She eventually became a … Continued
Snow, Santa, and Serving Military Families at Holiday Meals for Military Event Snow falling, Santa and Mrs. Claus waving, and elves handing out gifts and free meals helped turn one small piece of Las Vegas into a winter wonderland. Held the weekend before Thanksgiving, festivities were all part of a holiday event to support military … Continued
