Kristen Ward was not sure what the future would hold as a military spouse when her husband, Malachi, joined the Air Force in 2019. Malachi thought being enlisted would be a stable way to take care of his growing family.
Naval Petty Ofc. 1st Class Kenneth Watkins and his wife, Veronica, have known each other since high school. They started dating before Kenneth enlisted in the Navy in 2007.
Growing up, Jhon Cadavid always knew he wanted to be in the military. He had long looked to the military to find security and pay for college while also serving a larger purpose.
Seeing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on TV while in elementary school made such a lasting impact on Cory Wallace that he enlisted in the Marines as soon as he was out of high school in 2012.
After enlisting in the Air National Guard to help pay for college, Shanta Swinton learned something about serving in the military that surprised her.
Army spouse Alyssa Brown is a devoted follower of Operation Homefront events. She learned of the national nonprofit when her husband, Justin Brown, received his first assignment after joining the Army in 2012.
From age 10, Trey Spellman felt inspired by his father’s stories of service as an Army combat medic. He knew he, too, would serve.
When COVID-19 shut down the world, Marine veteran Rene Garcia Jr., his wife, Esmeralda, and their two boys, hit the road in an RV.
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.
