Micaela Rollo Kirwan grew up as a military kid; now she's raising one. Kirwan is also a community engagement director with Concerned Veterans for America in the Pensacola, Florida, area, and likes to joke that she was issued to her parents by the Navy. She remembers well the missed birthdays . . .

Many Americans have strong opinions about U.S. foreign policy and the way our lawmakers use the military, and rightfully so.

When we think about military service, our minds naturally go to soldiers at attention in uniform, far away bases in deserts or jungles, or old veterans swapping war stories. But service to our country affects more than the women and men who put on the uniform. The families, specifically the . . .