It was another great event at Fort Drum, NY! The women’s PWOC invited the military spouses of Fort Drum to discover their strengths and find a new sense of purpose. Each time I do this, I am more convinced that our military spouses are in need of encouragement now more than ever. With an increase in military tempo around the world and the continued struggle to find employment, spouses are exhausted. What I absolutely LOVE about living out your strengths is that it opens your eyes to who God designed you to be. There may be talents that you don’t even know you have! There may be talents that other people in your life have said were weaknesses- but only because they don’t see the world the way you do.
At Fort Drum, spouses were emotional as they discovered the truth about themselves. That there was far more to love about themselves than they thought. Lies from the enemy were shown for what they were and the truth of God prevailed. Lives were changed. Women were set free. Women walked away affirmed in their current purpose and others discovered plans for a new direction in their life.
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Corie Weathers, LPC, BCC, NCC
Catch up on Past Briefs:
Brief 02: The Rhetoric of Lethality
The vocabulary of and toward the military has narrowed to a single attribute — and the person who carries it has been edited out.
Maximum lethality. Hunt, and kill. Without mercy. None of it is wrong — they are warfighters. But this brief traces where that register has worked, where it has failed, and what it asks of the people who must live inside it.
Brief 01: Follow the Money: The Warrior Ethos, Redefined
The FY2027 $350 billion mandatory defense request, and what the Warrior Ethos banner funds now.
The language calls it the Warrior Ethos. The scope has changed. This brief walks through three connected shifts in 2026 — in words, money, and how the institution treats the people who sustain the force — and what they mean for military families.