Army Wives Road Trip

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to take several of our spouse council members down to Charleston, South Carolina to visit the set of Army Wives and meet with cast and crew. We were shadowed by a videographer who shot a “Behind the Scenes” look of the series that will be featured on the MOAA website. The series premiered on Lifetime Television in June 2007 and is based on the non-fiction book—originally titled Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage by Tanya Biank who serves on our Council. Since its premiere, the show regularly draws in between 3.5 to 4.1 million viewers.

I’m sure you already know this, but the television drama series follows a group of Army Wives through their lives as they weather deployments and deal with other homefront issues. We were able to spend nearly 5 hours at dinner with the cast and executive producer sharing stories about our lives and answering questions. Then we spent the entire next day on set consulting with cast and crew and watching the filming. What was remarkable to us all was the way they listened to our comments and suggestions. They seemed genuinely interested in getting things right and we were more than happy to share our insights....just another example of how the spouse council serves their peers by helping to shape the image of today's military spouse.

The new season starts this Sunday at 10 pm.



Lifetime's sponsoring viewing parties all around the country. We're all attending one in Alexandria this Sunday. Think about throwing your own!

PS: Check back tomorrow and I'll share some pictures from our trip.



This is just another example of how MOAA’s Spouse Council serves their peers by shaping the image of today’s military spouse.