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Jessica Manfre

North Carolina

Writer, Author at Freelance

Therapist, author, mom 👧🏻 👦🏻 & MilSpouse 🇺🇸. The views expressed here are my own. 💞

Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | wearethemighty.com | Jessica Manfre

    In his latest book, Behind the Badge, retired Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Johnny Joey Jones turns his unwavering gaze toward a group of Americans too often overlooked in conversations about trauma and service: first responders. Jones served over eight years as a Marine before he was catastrophically wounded by an IED in Afghanistan.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jessica Manfre

    In his latest book, Behind the Badge, retired Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Johnny Joey Jones turns his unwavering gaze toward a group of Americans too often overlooked in conversations about trauma and service: first responders. Jones served over eight years as a Marine before he was catastrophically wounded by an IED in Afghanistan.

  • 1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jessica Manfre

    From the moment he first toddled around in G.I. Joe underwear, Jeremie Border’s destiny was clear: He was born to protect.​Hailing from Mesquite, Texas, his family didn’t come from a long line of service members. There was no pressure, no plan really, but it was meant to be. “He was born with a gun in his hand,” his mother Mary Border recalled. “From day one.

  • 2 months ago | militaryfamilies.com | Jessica Manfre

    With two ongoing wars and a potential third taking shape, military families are struggling under the weight of stress. For those with deployed service members, it can be overwhelming. But Corie Weathers — a licensed counselor, published author and Army spouse — has some advice for managing stress and anxiety: pause and breathe. “The intense years of GWOT [Global War on Terror] taught many of us the value of distancing or limiting the amount of news we take in,” Weathers said.

  • 2 months ago | militaryfamilies.com | Jessica Manfre

    I am an unapologetic chicken lady. You know – the one on Instagram reels (because I’m too millennial for TikTok) carrying around her chickens like babies and treating them as part of the family. That’s me, and I don’t hide from it! While I can’t help but espouse how much I love raising chickens for fun, there are plenty of practical reasons to do so. Namely, the highway-robbery egg prices we’re experiencing right now. As of the publishing of this article, the cost of a dozen eggs is roughly $5.

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27 May 25

RT @USCG: Another significant win in our operations to disrupt criminal and terrorist organizations. On May 22, 2025, the Coast Guard Inve…

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24 May 25

RT @SecKennedy: The Biden Administration gave us 453-page Dietary Guidelines that were driven by the same industrial forces that put sugary…

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Jessica Manfre, LCSW @JessicaManfre
24 May 25

Hey @SouthwestAir — thanks for sending me to the absolute back of the line because only my active duty husband could board. I’ve never used my ID for personal gain but usually when I travel with him, ON ANY OTHER AIRLINE, they keep us together.