How to Build Community When You're Constantly Starting Over with Kirst of Wives of the Armed Forces (E220)

About this episode

Kara Infante interviews Kirst, co-founder of Wives of the Armed Forces, about building community for military spouses.

Send us Fan Mail In this latest installment of our Year of the Military Spouse series, Kara sits down with Kirst, co-founder of Wives of the Armed Forces (WAF), a community created to help military significant others feel less alone in the unpredictability of military life. What began as a small Air Force spouse community built by Kirst and her co-founder Jen has grown into a welcoming space for military spouses across all branches — one centered on encouragement, resilience, and meaningful c...

People in this episode

Host: Kara Infante

Guest: Kirst

Topics covered

• military community
• spouse support
• resilience
• encouragement
• military life

Keywords

• military spouses
• community building
• support networks
• Air Force
• Wives of the Armed Forces

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wives of the Armed Forces, Air Force

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