Narrator/Host

Even though I was a Sergeant Major, she was technically a higher rank than me starting out, you know, and I was pretty proud of that.

They assigned her to the mother-baby ward at Womack.

She just always wanted to be in the thick of things.

Actually, at the time, Holly was raising a couple of children on her own, born from a relationship with her ex-boyfriend from her hometown of Dubuque, Iowa.

Then in 2007, she met this 22-year-old Marine Corporal John Wymunk, a combat engineer who was stationed along with her brother Beau at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

Colonel Kirk Cordova was John Wymunk's commanding officer.

He's a non-commissioned officer working towards being a sergeant and probably one of the best ranks in the Marine Corps.

So he was very proficient, I can tell you that.

I was embedded in the war zone with the Marines in the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The level of danger was similar to what they experienced.

Marines continue to bring their heavy armor north.

And you realize just how intense their jobs really are.

Why did you decide you wanted to introduce him to your sister Holly?

Everything he said just seemed so funny.

And I thought Holly deserved some humor in her life too.

She outranked him.

She was an officer and he was an enlisted man, a lower enlisted man.

The couple eventually married and shared an apartment together in Fayetteville, just outside the gates of Fort Bragg.

Weimont lived two hours away at Camp Lejeune, but would visit on weekends.

During Wymonk's deployment, Holly bridged the distance with heartfelt video messages.