Jennifer Barnhill

In addition to her reporting, Jennifer Barnhill is also the host of Military Dinner Table Conversations, a monthly reverse town hall with military families. She is a 2023 Bush Institute StandTo Veteran Leadership Program Scholar, the editor-in-chief of the National Military Spouse Network’s Career Connections Magazine and the military spouse liaison on The League of Wives Memorial Project.

Latest Articles

U.S. Navy Lt. Kaleb McConaghy, an F-18 pilot with Carrier Air Wing 5, hugs his spouse

Why Military Life Is Worth It

Research shows that military spouses who feel a sense of belonging within the military community have a greater sense of...

active duty sailor and her spouse, an Army veteran, hold hands during a rally at the National World War II Memoria

How Are Male Military Spouses Really Doing?

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A picture of the binders collected by Navy Lt. Christa Gunsauley containing documents from the sexual harassment complaints she’s filed.

Burying Victims in Paperwork?

When I first met Navy Lt. Christa Gunsauley, I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of documentation she had. Emails. Medical...

Kristopher Rotenberry sharing his story at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation

The Cost of Medical Stigmas for Military Families

Decades of help-discouraging behavior and outdated medical policies have fueled a pervasive stigma that impacts military...

A United States flag and Italian flags hang in Pacentro, Italy

Have Military Spouses Removed Barriers That Prevented Them from Working Overseas?

The National Military Spouse Network, or NMSN, advocates for improvements to military spouse employment opportunities...

A moving contractor loads a moving truck with a service member's household goods during the permanent change of station peak-season at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

How Timely Orders Can Make or Break a Military Experience

When orders do not arrive with enough lead time to schedule a move with a transportation office, many families are forced to...

Anita Pearson attends her daughter Alva’s promotion ceremony to Major

Stories Worth Telling

Like other underrepresented populations, military spouse history is largely an oral history, in which stories, if not...

A Military Family's Push to Get a War Hero the Recognition He Deserved

Despite recommendations from a number of officers, it would take Fred McGee until after his death in 2020 for McGee's actions...

Do Good News Stories Accurately Represent Military Families?

Military families don't typically get a lot of press coverage compared to their service members, whose stories are featured...

A special Military Spouse Appreciation Day event was held at the DODEA Daegu Middle High School

Pillow Talk Is Policy: How the DoD Relies upon Senior Military Spouses

Commanding officer spouses often serve as unofficial advisers to the spouses of those under their partner's command.

Will the Tenant Bill of Rights Fix Privatized Military Housing?

The Tenant Bill of Rights outlined 18 provisions designed to give military families leverage if they found themselves stuck...

An airman and his son work together to create a Christmas card.

How Military Families Put Their Stamp on the Pentagon

It is military spouses and veterans who deserve the credit for the incremental improvements to military family quality-of...

Answer the Crazy Questions People Ask Military Spouses

Could Military Spouses Fix DoD's Recruitment Problem?

While the rest of the nation has limped away from the 1950s housewife trope, policies that govern military families have not.

In the 1980s, Navy commissaries printed "Navy Wife. It's the Toughest Job in the Navy" on grocery bags.

Is the DoD Dependent on Military Families?

Officially, the Department of Defense sees military spouses and children as "dependents'' on military paperwork, but the term...

Military Kids May Be the Key to Fixing Special Education

"Special education is in jeopardy today because distance learning has denied families legally guaranteed services."

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