Introduction

Welcome to the Milspouse Oral Histories Project! This oral history collection consists of firsthand accounts from military spouses, telling us how their lives are shaped by marriage to a military servicemember. The Milspouse Oral Histories Project aims to preserve autobiographical audio portraits of these members of a unique and often overlooked social group that is critical to the performance of the modern American military. These interviews also hope to illustrate the trajectories of, challenges faced, and choices made in the lives of today’s military spouses.

We are in the process of recording our first interviews, which we’ll post on this platform in episodic format. Our goal is to preserve as much of the interviewee’s authentic voice as possible, and some interviews may contain graphic language or stories that may be hard to hear. Any explicit content will be indicated on each episode.

Please join us as we meet new friends and heroes, add stories, photos, and memories to this collection, and get to know each unique individual as they share their experiences with us.