Long before she raised her hand to become a senator to preserve the constitution and serve America, and even before she established her well-known foundation, Elizabeth Dole was devoted to the military community.
“I have spent most of my life in Washington, DC, but Salisbury, North Carolina, will always be my home,” Dole told WATM. “My family and my community instilled values in me that guide me to this very day. I especially idolized my older brother, John. I was his shadow growing up.
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When Kayla Corbitt became an Army spouse, she knew next to nothing about the challenges faced by military families. Once she did, Operation Childcare became her new mission.
The West Virginia native had completed her graduate degree in forensic science when she fell in love with a soldier and had zero knowledge of the military lifestyle. A scientist and researcher at heart, she often jokes that she was tricked and should have known what was ahead when her wedding date changed to accommodate a deployment.
Kristen Christy is no stranger to overcoming adversity. At just 15 years old, after becoming a world-class tennis player, she had a massive stroke that led doctors to tell her she’d never walk again.
She did that and more.
As a child of a career Air Force officer, the military was all she knew, so it was no surprise when she fell in love with Don, an ROTC Air Force cadet at the University of Texas where she was attending school. They began building their life together with their two boys in Colorado when he was deployed to Iraq.
Jaspen ‘Jas’ Boothe became a single mother after college and became an Army officer to show her son that anything is possible. After her service was faced with unimaginable barriers she continued to bring that message to women everywhere.
The Chicago native went to college on a basketball scholarship, hoping to get into television broadcasting. After facing rejection as a taller Woman of Color, she decided to pursue the toughest career field there was for a woman.
“I did it to prove to my son that not only as a woman can you do anything you want to do but as a person.
Standing in the gap to ensure our nation’s warriors are cared for takes all of us. For Angela Blank, she has made it her life’s work.
“I grew up in Marietta, Georgia, as the granddaughter of a World War I veteran. His service certainly impacted me! At the smart age of 18, I married a man just as he enlisted in the Air Force,” she shared. “We were middle school and high school sweethearts, and he served in Okinawa, Japan, first for the first three years. Then he came home, and we were stationed in South Carolina.
Army veteran Randy Reese has a long family legacy of service and patriotism. When an injury ended his career, he chose to devote his life to serving those who serve.
“I’m from Bristol, Virginia, a small border town along the state line between Virginia and Tennessee. My family proudly flew an American flag 24/7 and engaged in virtually all patriotic observances and events, from moments of silence to parades and Fourth of July celebrations,” he said with a smile. “My father served in the Army as a tank operator, and his stories were commonplace in our house.
The UK Ministry of Defence notified the industry that it would start a competition to deliver a long-range effector to the Armed Forces.
The Space Force launched its first guardian into space over the weekend.
Col. Nick Hague was launched into space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on Saturday to join other astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Hague is commanding a Dragon spacecraft for NASA’s Space X Crew-9 mission. Once he arrives at the ISS, Hague will act as a flight engineer for nearly six months and help the crew with various scientific research under the unique conditions that space has to offer, such as microgravity.
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American singer-songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson, best known for his country music, has died. He was 88.
“It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 28 at home,” his family said on social media. “We’re all so blessed for our time with him. Thank you for loving him all these many years, and when you see a rainbow, know he’s smiling down at us all.