Brianna Keilar
AnchorMy hope is to create a forum where the stories of military families will reach a large audience and where we can reveal the common ground between people on either side of the military-civilian divide in the service of our society and democracy.
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The people who stay in a country and work while that nation's soldiers are fighting a war in a foreign country.
They didn't die in combat, but they lived heroic lives. Remembering the military heroes who died by suicide
By Brianna Keilar and Catherine Valentine, CNN
Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robby Mathews's family is cooking up his favorites today -- steak, veggies and red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting -- a joyful tribute on a somber day of remembrance.
Karen Pence: Military mom, military spouse advocate
By Brianna Keilar, Anchor, CNN Right Now
"I don't worry about Michael. I don't know why," second lady Karen Pence tells me.
Military kids honor their dads deployed on Father's Day
By Brianna Keilar, CNN Anchor
Almost two weeks ago I packed up a Father's Day gift for my husband, Fernando, an Army Special Forces officer. I sent it to an Army Post Office, which will send overseas to him an embarrassing number of bags of Flamin' Hot Cheetos, as well as some gifts adorned with pictures of our kids, a cute Father's Day card from them and a silly one from me.
The bipartisan bill that could save veterans' lives
By Brianna Keilar, CNN Anchor
The last time Gwen Adams saw her son alive, he was wearing his favorite red pajamas.
How one podcast is tackling the politicization of the military
Analysis by Brianna Keilar, CNN Anchor
"It was supposed to be sort of a puff piece on the command team. We got that wrong. We didn't vet the guy," says retired four-star Gen. Stanley McChrystal. "I don't think his portrayal was accurate or fair."
When mom deploys
Analysis by Brianna Keilar, CNN Anchor
Linda Albi looks at her phone, trying to make out her daughter's face as she tilts the screen toward her 2-year-old grandson, Michael, as he sits in her lap. The sun still isn't up where Sarah is, but she's already putting on her flight suit. Michael watches his mommy as she sings to him softly so she won't disturb her flight crew as she gets ready to walk across the tarmac to her plane.
Coast Guard families were pushed to their breaking points in the shutdown. They don't expect it to be the last
Analysis by Brianna Keilar, CNN Anchor
"I have stood watch when the Coast Guard didn't have the budget to buy toilet paper," Amanda Morales, a Coast Guard veteran, tells me. "We had to bring our own from home."