Quotes from Brianna Keilar

Always be prepared. You never know when an opportunity will pop up.

I love Berkeley.

At no time did I suggest that violence is justice, and I can't believe I even have to explain that. But the alternative is letting someone like Kayleigh McEnany misquote and manipulate what you say. McEnany, who repeatedly lies to the American people.

Working from home while caring for children seems impossible.

The Coast Guard evokes images of search and rescue operations, maybe during Hurricane Katrina, or guys jumping out of helicopters wearing snorkels and fins - and that's accurate, but only part of the picture.

Members of the military appear to be on this President's mind only when they serve a purpose. In Trump's case, that's popularity by association.

Service members are more likely to have PTSD, but it's common in the general population as well.

The day after my mom died I fly back to California and spend the three weeks before the California primary making arrangements for her cremation, planning and getting the house ready for a memorial service and covering political rallies in Southern California. The normalcy of work helps.

Alright, let's tackle the worst part of this pandemic: people are dying, or they're worried about their loved ones dying - and it's hard not to spiral out. After almost two decades at war, this has been the reality for military families for a very long time. Welcome to our club.

One of the reasons my husband and I connect is our shared value of service. It's why he went off to West Point at age 17 and never looked back. It's why I got into journalism in college.

The United States Army is really messing with my plan to get pregnant.

Well, Dr. Siegel is more of a sycophant than a doctor. And he's not President Trump's coronavirus guide.' President Trump appears to be his.

As any parent knows, sharing diaper duty sure beats changing them all yourself.

The White House wants us talking about racism and the justice system because they use it as a springboard to scare Americans about looting, aided by Fox News running episodes of violence on an incessant loop, that their hearts and minds won't be able to look past the fear to see injustice.

If you let things devolve into a shouting match, then it's really difficult to have a discussion, a serious discussion.

Military families become familiar with trying to contort their lives around deployments and separations.

As members of the military, Coast Guardsmen are prohibited from wading into politics.

Negative public opinion of a conflict and the politicization of the military can negatively affect service members and contribute to PTSD.

Something has to give during a deployment and for me it's often punctuality.

We have to challenge lies. We have to challenge falsehoods and conspiracy theories. If you don't, they fester - unchecked and unchallenged.

When I married into the military a few years ago, I was failing at navigating the realities of deployment alone. When I turned to the military family community, their tried and true coping skills changed my life.

This is the hardest part of military family life - being away from each other.

On Veterans Day, the country honors those in uniform and the sacrifices they have made across the globe. But as a military spouse who reports on the issues facing military families, I've learned that one of the biggest challenges is when a service member transitions out of the armed forces and into the civilian workforce.

My dad served in the Australian Navy until I was a toddler.