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Season 2   ·   Episode 8

Military Spouse Appreciation: Living the Navy Life as Colorfully as You Can with Katie Kortman

One of our missions with “Our Navy Life” is to share the incredible stories of what Navy spouses are doing in their communities and how they are choosing to live this Navy life. In honor of Military Spouse Appreciation Month, today’s episode is a conversation with Katie Kortman, Navy spouse and mother of four kids. Katie is a fashion and textile designer, painter, teacher, and dancing queen. In 2021, Katie was a designer on season 19 of Bravo’s Project Runway. Today, she lives with her husband, a Navy obstetrician and gynecologist, and their four children and they are stationed in Yokosuka, Japan.

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Show Takeaways:

  • Spouses have dreams and goals too and flexing to accomplish those while living the Navy life often looks different.
  • Building community is a vital element to Navy life and can help us achieve the things we set out to do.
  • Sometimes you need to pour into the Navy spouse community in order to have the community pour into you.

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Katie Kortman