After eight years in the military, and being stationed away from their families, Air Force Staff Sgt. Trevor Allison, his wife Brittany, and their six-year-old son Cohen, are moving back home. Both Brittany and Trevor grew up in the Atlanta, Georgia area. However, the family has been stationed in Idaho for the duration of Trevor’s … Continued
Veteran Shanique Wright was 18 and still in high school when she joined the Army National Guard in 2008. Her sister and father had been in the Army and, after growing up in Tennessee, Shanique thought it would be her best option to see the world. Between 2009-2010, she deployed to two different locations in … Continued
Cody Hagerman and his wife Lauren were barely out of high school when they had their first child, Ayden, now in his teens. Cody wanted a stable career but also to serve his country. In 2008, he enlisted in the Army. He expected to serve at least 20 years but after a deployment to Iraq … Continued
For media inquiries, please contact Michael Lahrman at Michael.Lahrman@operationhomefront.org or call (210) 834-7823. SAN ANTONIO — Operation Homefront, the national nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families, is pleased to announce that 95 military children from across the U.S. and overseas have advanced as semifinalists in Operation Homefront’s 2021 Military … Continued
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 my collarbone to my ankle, I got shrapnel all over,” Robert … Continued
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 high risk for contracting COVID-19, Alexander could not take the … 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
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. “Whether it’s a text message or email or call, I’m just saying that … 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
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 son Axavier, and my husband deployed when I … Continued