Fayetteville Today

As the war between Russia and Ukraine heats up, Fort Bragg military spouses discussed how they dealt with anxiety when their significant others are deployed overseas.

Now is not the first time that most of these military spouses have found themselves at home while their significant others are in another country fighting a war or helping an ally with a crisis. Sometimes people cope in similar ways, sometimes different, but it always helps to hear about the experiences of others with whom you have something in common.

"If you don't hear anything from them, that's usually a good thing. And that's what I learned being a military spouse for the last few years," Paige Powell told ABC 11 News on Feb. 23. Her husband, Amonte Miller, is currently deployed in Poland to assist in military operations during the growing Russian-Ukraine crisis.

It is important for newer couples to learn how to adjust to what can end up being multiple deployments on some occasions. Many of them will speak to their spouses and answer questions about the day, but some don't want to hear the same questions again. It continually remains in the back of a military spouse's mind what their significant other is thinking about or doing while on duty in another country.

At times, calls can be as short as five minutes and may arrive from unknown numbers, as soldiers can't always use their personal phones, according to a report from ABC 11 News.

"I have faith, though. I try to stay positive. I was not in a good place when he was deployed before. But I'm in a better place now," Powell told ABC 11 News.