WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.176 So whenever I'm not with my kids , you 00:02.176 --> 00:04.287 know , I got a second cell phone line 00:04.287 --> 00:06.342 that way I can call them and talk to 00:06.342 --> 00:10.270 them . Yeah , put that 00:10.279 --> 00:11.279 in there . 00:16.750 --> 00:18.861 I'm Chief Warrant Officer for Matthew 00:18.861 --> 00:20.917 Jones . I'm a marine deck officer in 00:20.917 --> 00:22.639 the US Army . I'm stationed in 00:22.639 --> 00:24.806 Kaiserslautern , Germany with the 21st 00:24.806 --> 00:27.219 theater sustain in command . I'm Haley 00:27.229 --> 00:29.459 K and Jones and I am eight years old . 00:30.200 --> 00:33.689 I'm ma chills and I'm fine . So I got 00:33.700 --> 00:36.340 quite a few good memories . So my 00:36.349 --> 00:39.250 butterfly here , she came first and I 00:39.259 --> 00:42.430 was stationed in Honduras and she came 00:42.439 --> 00:44.550 out there to visit me for about three 00:44.550 --> 00:46.717 months and then he came along and he's 00:46.717 --> 00:48.606 not quite as scared of the roller 00:48.606 --> 00:50.828 coasters as he's saying that he is , he 00:50.828 --> 00:53.161 gets on all of them . My butterfly here . 00:53.161 --> 00:52.919 She was a little bit more scared . The 00:52.930 --> 00:54.874 first time I put her on a big drop 00:54.874 --> 00:56.874 roller coaster , she was barely two 00:56.874 --> 00:58.930 years old , but she was over a meter 00:58.930 --> 01:00.986 tall . So she was able to get on . I 01:00.986 --> 01:03.152 didn't tell her what it was . And when 01:03.152 --> 01:05.152 it hit the bottom , I said baby was 01:05.152 --> 01:07.152 that fun ? And she said yes . And I 01:07.152 --> 01:06.650 said , you want to do it again ? She 01:06.660 --> 01:07.660 said , nope , 01:10.790 --> 01:12.901 I wanna give credit to the people who 01:12.901 --> 01:15.068 do this with a family for their entire 01:15.068 --> 01:17.068 career first . I really truly don't 01:17.068 --> 01:19.290 know how they did it . I , my kids came 01:19.290 --> 01:19.269 a little late in the career . You know , 01:19.279 --> 01:22.459 I'm almost 27 years in now and my 01:22.470 --> 01:24.989 oldest is only eight . They haven't 01:25.000 --> 01:27.167 moved around with me much . They moved 01:27.167 --> 01:29.569 from home . I went to Honduras without 01:29.580 --> 01:31.747 them . And then they came here with me 01:31.747 --> 01:33.858 and we've been here for seven years . 01:33.858 --> 01:36.080 Um And , and it's tough just getting up 01:36.080 --> 01:38.136 and going to work and not being home 01:38.136 --> 01:40.136 with them because I only saw myself 01:40.136 --> 01:40.105 either having a , a at home with their , 01:40.114 --> 01:42.225 with my kids or me being at home with 01:42.225 --> 01:44.392 them just always having a stay at home 01:44.392 --> 01:46.558 parent . So it is a lot to think about 01:46.558 --> 01:48.670 having to get up and go to work every 01:48.670 --> 01:50.614 day while they're in school when I 01:50.614 --> 01:52.836 always thought I would home school kids 01:52.836 --> 01:55.058 and I don't like the days that I'm away 01:55.058 --> 01:57.225 from them . I don't like there to be a 01:57.225 --> 01:59.447 day that I don't have them with me . It 01:59.447 --> 02:01.003 takes a lot of patience and 02:01.003 --> 02:03.003 understanding with each other . The 02:03.003 --> 02:05.114 military has a lot of great resources 02:05.114 --> 02:07.281 to help with that . We have behavioral 02:07.281 --> 02:09.392 health counseling , we have in flex , 02:09.392 --> 02:11.447 we have a lot of stuff that can help 02:11.447 --> 02:10.830 solve any problems that you have with 02:10.839 --> 02:12.759 family . And so I guess the , the 02:12.770 --> 02:14.826 biggest piece of advice I can say is 02:14.826 --> 02:17.048 make use of those resources if you find 02:17.048 --> 02:19.214 yourself in a situation where you feel 02:19.214 --> 02:21.159 like your , your family dynamic is 02:21.159 --> 02:20.550 being threatened .