Villages Help Create Memories for Growing Family Taylor Gothard joined the Navy in search of a new life. She had dealt with generational trauma and the two-year college she was attending after high school was not fulfilling. She hoped the military would provide her with stability, a new focus and adventure. After interviewing with all … Continued
Service Member with Deployed Husband Finds Support at Star-Spangled Babies® Shower Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Stephanie Pejsa was not sure what to expect during her first Operation Homefront Star-Spangled Babies® event. The event in Jacksonville, Florida, included train-themed- games and gifts in honor of its sponsor, CSX. “I thought it was amazing,” Stephanie said. … Continued
Holiday Meals Program Helps Air Force Family Battle Inflation Increases When Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Ainslie and his wife, Miranda, moved to Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington with their teenage son and daughter, they quickly noticed goods and services cost significantly more in the Northwest than their previous base in South Dakota. Once on … Continued
Army Veteran Finds Hope in Operation Homefront Transitional Housing Apartment Until recently, Army veteran Ariel Thomas had only questions as she transitioned to civilian life after a decade of military service. Where would she live? Would she be reunited with her 9-year-old son, who was living with his father five hours away? Would she be … Continued
Navy Veteran’s Family Celebrates Forever Home After THV Program Navy veteran Clinton Patterson cannot say exactly where he would be right now without Operation Homefront’s Transitional Homes for Veterans (THV) program, but he knows it would not be in a brand-new home in the coastal town of Daphne, Alabama. The town, and the newly built … Continued
Transitional Home Brings Dual-Military Parents Closer to Family Navy veterans Olivia and Brandon Price discharged from the service in San Diego, California, and were unsure how they would be able to afford to move their family of four halfway across the country to the Midwest, where Brandon’s family lives, and have the financial stability to … Continued
Repair Assistance Lifts Weight Off Purple Heart Recipient When Purple Heart recipient Victoria Montenegro’s stove quit working just before Thanksgiving 2022, she didn’t anticipate an avalanche of home repairs that would follow and add to her stress as a stay-home mom and Army veteran. Victoria, a former Army medic, was on deployment in Iraq when … Continued
New Beams and Foundation Repair Give Veteran Hope Brian Stevenson Sr. spent 20 years serving his country. After high school, and unsure of his future, Brian entered the Navy. He served 6½ years before discharging to join the Coast Guard, where he served for more than 13 years until retiring in 2019. During his time … Continued
Army Veteran Grateful to Operation Homefront After Unplanned Medical Retirement When Army Master Sgt. Cedric Brown noticed swelling in his leg after a game of pickup basketball at the base gym, he thought he had pulled a muscle. As it turned out, he had two blood clots in his leg that would soon end his … Continued
Transitional Home ‘Means the World’ to Navy Veteran and Family After 14 moves with the military and two since retiring from the service, Navy veteran James Bowen and his wife, Karen, are hopeful that move No. 17 will be into their forever home. The Bowens and their three children settled in Zachary, Louisiana, after James … Continued
