The Command Post: Recent Episodes
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While Canada was in lockdown, Together We Stand created The Command Post, a regular webcast series featuring military family members as guests. The intention was to bring a sense of kinship back to those who were struggling through the current global pandemic, while also allowing military families to see themselves accurately reflected within their diverse realities. This series brings the military family community together, discussing prominent themes such as grief, raising children in the military, reintegration, operational stress injuries and posting season.
Sit down with Stephanie, Melanie, Kim, and Eleanor to chat about what they wish they had known being part of a military family.
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Join Stephanie as she sits down with Suzie, Rebekah, and Melanie to chat about navigating marriage in the military.
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Sit down with Stephanie and Kathleen Mills, author of Chasing Freedom, as we speak about Kathleen's new book and her military family experience.
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Meet our Military Family Advisory Committee consisting of military family members, serving members and veterans representing the Navy, Army and Air Force communities.
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Joined by the Military Spouse Book Club, Stephanie speaks with Debbie Knechtel, Stephanie Chiu, Leah Craberry & Christine to learn more about how the Military Spouse Book Club was created and how it brought these military spouses together.
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In this episode, we discuss how to have a meaningful career as a military spouse joined by Sarah Rozema-Seaton, Catherine Priestman, Margaret MacKenzie & Megan.
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Joined by the Canadian Military Wives Choir, we discuss their families, what it's like being part of a military family, and how they got involved with the Canadian Military Wives Choir.
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In honour of National PTSD Awareness Month, Stephanie sat down with some special guests in this episode to discuss how they and their families have been affected by PTSD and also give some advice to the viewers who may be dealing with PTSD.
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In honour of April being the Month of the Military Child, we interviewed some of our favourite military brats and explored what the military lifestyle feels like through the eyes of the military child.
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Discussing Military Family Resource Centres and how they are helping military families across Canada with Jackie, Maude, Tamara, and Tracy.
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Stephanie speaks with four members of The Real Spouses of Search and Rescue about military spouse life and what it's like being married to a member of the Canadian Forces' Search and Rescue team.
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Stephanie sits down with our guests Polliann Maher, Richard Bride, Diane Oliver, Sheri Oliver and Tabitha Benyen to discuss their experiences with trauma coming out of the military.
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Rick & Steph are joined by military spouses Eleanor, Sarah and Catherine to talk about what Military Families experience during the Holiday Season.
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We discuss the different Operational Stress Injuries that can occur from serving in the military and the effect they can have on the serving member and their family with Matt Anderson and Polliann Maher.
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Stephanie discusses transitioning out of the military with Troy Zuorro, Matt Anderson, Denise Benson, and Ronda Hough. We discussed what the transition out of the military looks like for the serving member as well as their families.
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Steph brings her wheel of questions and asks our guests to tell us their good, bad and funny stories about life in the Canadian Armed Forces.
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We are joined by military spouses Sarah Rozema-Seaton and Catherine Desmarais to discuss something that affects all military families…posting season.
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Stephanie is joined by Kim Mills and Maura-Jo Haytaoglu to talk about reintegration.
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Introducing our team of volunteers, we give you the lowdown on our organization along with what exciting initiatives Together We Stand has on for 2020 and beyond.
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Rick takes over the live stream with LCol Janin Blanchet, father of three and CWO (Ret’d) Troy Zuorro, father of two for a Father’s Day takeover.
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It's time for a fun game of military style game of Never Have I Ever joined by Sarah, Elenor and Maryanne.
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Hiding in the washroom with Suzie Fortin and Sarah Rozema-Seaton, whose husbands currently serve in the CAF, to discuss all the things we wished we had known before joining military life!
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Kim Mills of the She Is Fierce blog and Sarah Rozema-Seaton, whose husband is currently stationed in Ottawa, join us again this week to talk about different ways you can meet and make friends when posted to a new place.
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Monica Bobbitt of A Goat Rodeo visits us to speak about the intricacies of grief. Joined again by Sarah Rozema-Seaton, we discuss the global pandemic, loss of life, and tools to battle our ongoing anxieties and grief.
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In our very first episode, we are joined by Sarah Rozema-Seaton, a proud military spouse of over 20 years. We also speak to Kim Mills of She Is Fierce, as we get an introduction to military family life.
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Discussing raising kids in the military with our guest military moms Amber Poole and Maura Jo Haytaoglu.
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In this special episode, Stephanie joined by Monica Bobbit of A Goat Rodeo to discuss the importance of Remembrance Day and what it means to military communities across the world.
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Discussing the importance of Military Family Appreciation Day and the impact that it has on military families.
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Discussing the ups, downs, and ins and outs of being a military mom in the Canadian Armed Forces with Carolyn and Ang.
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We asked people to tell us myths that they’ve heard about military life. Military spouse and momma Sarah Rozema-Seaton joins us again to help us debunk these military myths.
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