# @americanredcross on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJKKeETJg8_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72588752-americanredcross-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-02T17:01:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Red Cross (@americanredcross) — https://gondola.cc/americanredcross

## Caption

Jackie Walters' devotion to supporting military members and their families is personal. She is a military spouse and the daughter of a Red Crosser — two experiences that inspired her commitment to being a Red Crosser herself for over 60 years.

During World War II, Jackie's mother served with the Red Cross Hospital Service. She later worked as a caseworker from home, supporting emergency communication efforts and helping deployed military members connect with their loved ones back home.

When Jackie married her husband Christopher, who served in the U.S. Navy for 26 years, she began to understand the challenges military families face. The couple and their son moved a total of eight times — often to places where they didn't speak the language or that were far away from their support system — but the Red Cross made each transition easier.

“Everywhere we went, the Red Cross was there," Jackie said. “It was a place to go and start to meet people and do something besides taking care of our home.” 

Jackie began volunteering with the Red Cross, supporting hospitals and clinics on military bases and eventually leading a volunteer team.

She continued to pay it forward when her family moved to D.C., by getting a job as an event and conference planner at our national headquarters. She later trained caseworkers on how to deliver services to military families, and even deployed overseas.

During the Afghan refugee crisis in 2021, Jackie deployed to Germany to support Operation Allied Refuge and manage volunteers and disaster accounting. She left within 24 hours of getting the call and stayed for three weeks.

"It was such a privilege to be asked to go," Jackie said. "I came home so proud of the work the Red Cross does and the incredible response of the American military and their families who dropped everything to work around the clock helping people who had lost everything.” 

We're grateful for dedicated volunteers like Jackie who are willing to share their inspiring stories and help us honor service members and their families this Military Appreciation Month and beyond.

#MilitaryAppreciationMonth #MilitaryFamilies #MilitarySpouse

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