Christopher Wyatt was born into a military family. As a child of a father in the Army, he lived all over the world. When it was time for him to choose between civilian life or military service, he opted to enlist in the Army, joining in 2000.
Purchasing a home for their family of eight felt surreal to Navy veterans Whitney and Steven Moore as they signed documents on a house in Georgia.
When Lissette Caeser clicked “Donate” on the Operation Homefront urgent needs web page, she thought about how life-changing Operation Homefront has been for her and her husband, Deidrick, an Air Force veteran, and their three children.
Honoring the service of military veterans is a personal and professional mission for Katelyn Wilcox, the daughter of an Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War.
Through each one of her 650 volunteer hours with Operation Homefront in 2024, Kati Calhoun knew why she was giving her time to military families.
Even after she was shot in the eye during a 2005 deployment to Iraq, losing 70 percent of her sight in her left eye, Scarlett Martinez continued to serve her country in the Army National Guard.
After spending much of his working life in the Army and Army National Guard, Dean Brock decided to transition to civilian life in 2021.
Before enlisting in the Navy, Eric Pope had a career as a mortician. At age 26, he decided to follow in the path of his two grandfathers and a great-grandfather and joined the military.
Four years ago, Yobani and Martha Castelan decided to join the Marines. It was the start of 2020. Yobani was looking for a career that would provide stability and security.
When National Guard Spc. Ilsia Perez Coloma arrived at an Operation Homefront Star-Spangled Babies® shower at Ellington Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas, she found a cadre volunteers to welcome her, her mom, and her baby.
