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Journeys of Discovery: Military spouses, the U.S. Army’s unsung troopers

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published November 16, 2018 at 4:01 PM PST
Cynthia McIntyre, Fort Hunter Liggett
U.S. Army spouse Augusta Vargas (left) visits with Tom Wilmer.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Monterey County's Fort Hunter Liggett, where he visits with Augusta Vargas, wife of Sergeant Garcia. Vargas talks about the rewarding aspects of life as an Army spouse and raising a family on a remote base.  
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Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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