When I first shared my story a fellow veteran turned military spouse reached out to tell me how much my story resonated with her experience. In my story, I talk about my struggle to transition from military member to military spouse. As a military spouse who is also a veteran I often feel like an outsider when it comes to being a military spouse. I particularly found the last section of the stories inspiring. Almost all the stories resonated with me in some way or another. But through the stories shared in Brave Women Strong Faith, I have found I am not alone. I often feel as a military spouse I’m the only one who feels the way I do. The struggle and pain of moving, deployment, grief, and rebuilding over and over again. Brave Women Strong FaithĪn honest conversation about the challenges of military life.

Military spouse life has long suffered unexpected challenges that military life throws at them.

Currently among the COVID-19 many career women are choosing to either leave their job or cut back hours so they can manage life with the lack of childcare, online schooling, and other unexpected challenges. But the truth is military life is one of instability and finding a career and raising a family when you know that the primary responsibility falls on you. People often assume military spouses are stay at home parents and have no ambition to do anything else. Military spouses must sacrifice a part of who they are to follow their husband or wife’s career.

A community often misunderstood and stereotyped by the extreme case instead of the role of a typical military spouse. There is a lot of negativity directed toward the military spouse community. Brave Women Strong Faith is a collection of stories sharing the in and outs of military life from the often unheard military spouse perspective.

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