The Truth About Deployment Life

by Michelle Montoro

After 22 years of active duty service in the United States Army, my husband is retiring this summer and will no longer be a soldier. To honor him as well as all of the military families past, present, and future, I wanted to share some truths about life during deployments. I have spent the past 12 years of my life as a military spouse, so this article is primarily about the military wives…