Welcome to Military Spouse Stories
Loving someone who serves brings an adventure all its own. Deployments, homecomings, frequent moves, changing duty stations, raising families, building new friendships, and learning to create home wherever the military sends you are all part of the journey. Explore stories from military spouses who understand the challenges, joys, faith, friendships, and unexpected adventures of military life.
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Catherine’s Story: Military Spouse (Part 1 of 4)
What Branch of Service and When? My husband, James was in the Navy for four years, as a Cryptologic Technician, E-3. He is retired now. Where You Able to Have a Career While He Served I was able to work as a Purchasing Agent while my husband served. How Long Have You Been Married? We…
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Conversation with a Vietnam Era Navy Wife – Catherine Brakefield
Please forgive the audio on this video. Had a bit of a snafu on my trip back to Colorado from Texas. When I got my normal microphone out 45 minutes before the interview, I realized it was bumped up. Yep. It was not going to work. So, plan B was a lesser-quality microphone. No worries…
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Joan’s story: Military Spouse
How was life as a Military Wife? I did not have a career during my husband’s 12 years of service because I was busy raising our children and we never knew when we would be transferred to another base. People were hesitant to hire military spouses because of the expense of training and then we’d…
