Lt. j.g. Caleendrea Roldan is a Navy Reserve Nurse who, like many others in her field, has been on the frontlines battling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic for over two years.  Already a registered nurse, Roldan joined the Navy and completed Officer Development School in 2019, just in time for the...

Lt. Cmdr. Brad Lawhon has lived overseas or been stationed aboard ships, both commercial and USNS, for the last seven years.“I have coined the phrase ‘successfully homeless,’ as I have not been able to call anywhere home,” he said...

In 2019, Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Ron Welch had been an active-duty Sailor for 10 years and was looking for a change. He still wanted to be in the Navy, but felt he had unfinished business on the civilian side.“I liked being in the Navy, but I also wanted to be a member of the civilian world,”...

For Navy Reserve Nurse Lt. Cmdr. Kristin Leone the plight of homeless women veterans is a public health issue requiring action. In recent years, Leone has met with civic groups, schools, elected officials and military leadership to bring greater attention to this cause and help curb the growing...

When he joined the Navy Reserves in 2019 as a corpsman, Glenn Field had no idea what was in store for him.Who could possibly know that shortly after he enlisted a global pandemic would occur that would take the third class petty officer from the Big Apple to South Korea?...