Melissa Smith and Matt S
Recorded
December 17, 2021
Archived
December 17, 2021
34:08 minutes
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Id:
mby021326
Description
Spouses, Melissa Smith (37) and Matt S (39), sit down for a conversation about their relationship, their experiences serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, and the decisions they had to make in order to start a family together.Subject Log / Time Code
Matt and Melissa look back on the beginning of their relationship.
Melissa and Matt discuss the long-distance relationship they maintained as newlyweds.
Matt and Melissa recall learning that they had the opportunity to be deployed together in Japan.
Melissa describes her experience serving as a nurse in Balad, Iraq.
Matt and Melissa look back on the times Matt was able to visit Melissa in Iraq.
Melissa and Matt talk about their shared understanding of what it is like to serve in an active war zone.
Matt and Melissa describe how their mutual decision for Melissa to leave the military to have children affected each of them.
Matt and Melissa share what it was like for each of them when Matt was deployed away from their family.
Melissa and Matt reflect on the difficult decisions they have had to make together.
Participants
- Melissa Smith
- Matt S