Defenders Of Resilience

11/07/2025

You don’t have to wait until you’re back home or near a base to find support. For remote military personnel, digital platforms and mobile apps are life-changing: bringing hope and healing right to your fingertips. Our Operation Resilient app gives you confidential access to counseling, trauma recovery, and support groups, no matter where you serve.

We see the courage it takes to ask for help: and we walk beside you, one tap at a time. Your wellness is worth investing in.

God sees you. We honor you. Let’s lean on faith, on community, and on the tools built just for you. Download today and walk in renewed strength: because wherever you go, support follows. 🙌✨

“For I am with you always.” (Matthew 28:20)

11/06/2025

If today feels heavier than usual, you’re not imagining it: and you’re not alone. Recent survey data reveals our military families are carrying a lot. Top challenges right now include:

- Financial stress, even after recent pay increases
- Spouse unemployment and career struggles
- Time apart from loved ones due to deployments
- Finding affordable, stable housing
- Access to healthcare and mental health support
- Transitioning between military and civilian life
- Supporting kids’ education and wellbeing

If you’re feeling the weight, know this: your pain is not weakness. Our community sees you, walks with you, and lifts you up. Together, we can face every storm: and let faith and hope be our anchor. If you need help, don’t wait. Reach out, join a support group, or download the Operation Resilient app. May God’s peace cover your family today. 🙏

11/05/2025

🚨 BIG EXCITING NEWS COMING SOON!!

11/05/2025

Some challenges are invisible. Women veterans, we see you: the ones breaking barriers and holding hidden battles close to your hearts. Your emotions are valid, your pain is not weakness, and your story matters deeply to our community.

Healing starts with connection and real solutions built for you: peer support, faith-filled counseling, trauma recovery, Marriage 911, and honest conversations in safe spaces. You don’t have to carry this alone. Reach out: our counselors and chaplains are ready to walk with you.

Let’s choose hope together. You are seen, loved, and called for purpose.

Blessings and strength to every warrior woman. "Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7)

( The Defenders of Resilience family)

11/05/2025

I planned to share this on Veterans Day…
but right now, I can’t wait.

Because as we move through the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, this isn’t a moment to celebrate service only on a holiday.
This is a moment to show up for the families who have carried this nation on their backs — and are feeling the strain right now.

Military families are doing what they always do:
Holding it together through uncertainty.
Stretching groceries.
Reworking budgets.
Reassuring their kids.
Staying strong for their service member or for their household — even when they’re exhausted.

And they shouldn’t have to do it alone.

So yes, Veterans Day is coming.
But honoring service isn’t a date on the calendar.
It’s how we stand with them when they need us most — in real time, in real life, right now.

Today, I’m encouraging anyone who feels led to support military families to give to organizations providing direct relief during the shutdown:
• Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
• Army Emergency Relief
• Air Force Aid Society
• Military Family Advisory Network

Links in comments.

And here’s where Defenders of Resilience stands in this moment:
While we are not distributing food or financial aid,
we are answering around-the-clock calls from military families
seeking pastoral counseling and spiritual support during this crisis.

Because yes — food insecurity is real.
Bills are real.
Uncertainty is real.
But so are the emotional, spiritual, and mental battles that come with it.

Service doesn’t pause when the government does.
And neither will we.

They have stood for us.
Now we stand with them — not just on a holiday, but right now. 🇺🇸

11/04/2025

You don’t have to walk through the darkness alone. Peer support connects veterans: to hope, understanding, and true belonging. When we lift each other up in community, isolation loses its power and despair has no place to root.

Peer programs aren’t just a resource: they’re a lifeline. We see you. Your struggles are real, and your story is worth hearing. If today feels especially heavy, let someone reach across the divide with care, prayer, and a listening ear.

This is what being part of the Defenders of Resilience family means: we rise together. 🙌

If you’re hurting, don’t wait for a sign. Reach out today: healing is within reach, and we’re stronger side-by-side. “Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)

11/03/2025

Distance shouldn’t keep us from healing. That’s exactly why telehealth is a game-changer for our military families: opening doors that felt shut, bringing caring support straight to your home. Wherever you get stationed: overseas, stateside, or somewhere in between: you can still access counseling, safe spaces to talk, and faith-based encouragement from people who truly get what you’re carrying.

We see you. Your struggle is valid. You don’t have to wait for things to get “bad enough” to deserve help.

What do you need most right now? Let’s walk it together. From trauma recovery to marriage support, our virtual services at Defenders of Resilience are here for you: just a call, click, or prayer away. 🌟

May this week hold gentle answers and new hope!

11/02/2025

Resilience gets a bad reputation in the military world.
We hear it so much that it starts to lose meaning.

People roll their eyes.
They think it means
just stay strong
just push through
just suck it up and carry on

But that is not the resilience we stand for.
And it is not why our organization is called Defenders of Resilience.

Our name was not picked in a boardroom.
It was born in the middle of real pain.
In silence that felt like suffocation.
In the kind of loneliness that military life can carve into your bones.
In the moments where breathing felt like the bravest act.

I did not know if I could survive another deployment, another diagnosis, another goodbye, another room full of people who did not understand the crushing weight military families carry behind the smiles and uniforms.

I hit the point where I whispered
This cannot be how my story ends.

And that whisper became a fire.
A fire that said if no one heard us, I would speak.
If no one created space for healing, I would build it from scratch.
If military life is a mission field, I would be the missionary.

Defenders of Resilience was not born from inspiration.
It was born from desperation that transformed into calling.
Not from comfort but from chaos.
Not from strength but from surrender.

We are called Defenders because we defend one another.
We defend marriages on the edge.
We defend parents doing this alone.
We defend the ones who feel forgotten.
We defend the ones drowning quietly behind base housing doors.

We do not glorify resilience.
We honor the fight it takes to get back up.
We honor the quiet warriors who survive the unspoken battles.
We honor those who are still breathing and still called, even when they feel like they are breaking.

Resilience is not pretending you are okay.
Resilience is refusing to let the story end in the dark.

And if you are reading this feeling alone, overwhelmed, or unseen, hear this:

You are still breathing, which means you are still called.
Not one mile of this journey has been wasted.
Your weakness is not failure.
Your fight is sacred.

We are Defenders of Resilience not because life has been easy,
but because we refuse to let anyone fall through the cracks while we are here.

And if we have anything to say about it,
you will not fight alone again.

- Eleanor, Founder & Executive Director

10/11/2025

This is a great resource if you are currently geo-baching. Check them out!

Uncertain times can feel even heavier if you're geo-baching.

With the government shutdown creating added stress for military families, Family in Flight is here to remind you: you don’t have to go through it alone.

💬 Our monthly support group sessions offer a safe space to connect with others who understand the unique challenges of geo-baching life, especially during moments like these.

And if you need support between sessions, our Facebook group is always open. Whether you're looking for advice, encouragement, or just someone who gets it, our community is here for you.

🔗 Sign up for our Monthly Virtual Support Group here: https://lnkd.in/ewNJvGrK

🔗 Join our FB Group here: https://lnkd.in/edWqz3Xy

Your community is here for you when you need it most. 💙

10/08/2025

We know this season is causing a lot of stress for military families — and rightfully so. 💚
When paychecks are uncertain and bills don’t pause, it’s easy to feel the weight of it all.

But please hear us clearly: you are not alone.
Defenders of Resilience is here to help — to listen, to pray, to connect you with real support that makes a difference.

Below are a few trusted resources available to you right now — including financial, counseling, and mental health support. Every one of these organizations exists to help you and your family weather this storm.

💬 If you need immediate help, message us.
📖 If you’d like free access to RightNow Media (with biblical studies and mental health content), just comment “link” or send us a DM.
👥 And if you need to talk to a chaplain or counselor, we’ll help you connect right away.

We’re walking through this together — with faith, resilience, and hope. 🌿