Dec 31, 2020
Sacrifice is made by so many in such different capacities. In this episode of "When Sacrifice Calls" host Lesley Lykins shifts the focus from Military Reservists and National Guardsmen to America's Healthcare Workers and the sacrifices made to bring medications to market.
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Lesley reflects on the COVID-19...
Dec 10, 2020
Growing up as an inner-city girl in Denver, Colorado, she knew she loved STEM and wanted to be an engineer. The military academies weren't an option presented in her district, yet she found her way in front of an interview panel seeking a congressional nomination to the U.S. Air Force Academy. She received nominations...
Nov 25, 2020
How does it feel to sit down to the first Thanksgiving you and your husband and children have shared together in three years? The Cunningham family is grateful. Navy Reserve Lt. Jennifer Cunningham left for a deployment to Djibouti just two days after her husband retired from active-duty service.
Her deployment was...
Nov 18, 2020
When you are 10-years-old and your mom is leaving for a war zone, your world is shaken. Statistics show that since 2001, approximately 2 million children have had to live through the deployment of a military parent.* One-third of these children will experience anxious behavior, increased worry, and tears.
In this...
Nov 11, 2020
Do you think you know where your life is heading? Perhaps you feel comfortable in a consistent and stable place. You've worked your way to a certain point in your career, married the woman of your dreams, and feel confident and successful.
Then you deploy.
As a military Reservist, the effects of deployment can as...