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Countdown to Season 7: Spotlight on Roland
Roland (Sterling K. Brown) sacrificed his lucrative career as a psychologist to become an "Army Husband." He's married to now-Garrison Commander Joan. In the first season, Roland struggled with Joan's on and off deployments and subsequent treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Their marriage got so difficult that Roland cheated on Joan with a visting magazine reporter. However, the couple later reconciled. They have two children: biological daughter Sara Elizabeth and adopted son David.
In Season 2, since Joan was back, Roland became a counselor for the Fort Marshall high school. However, he lost his job because he was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student who confided in him. The charges were later cleared.
And while it hasn't always been easy to be a house-husband, Roland has proved to be a stellar stay-at-home dad—even throwing Sara Elizabeth her first birthday party while Joan was in Iraq, who joined via video chat.
In Season 6, David's father Marcus returned, as did his drug issues. Roland agreed to help him get treatment and allowed him to temporarily stay at the clinic, which he tried to hide from Joan. When Joan found out, she banned Marcus from seeing David ever again, which led Marcus to overdose.
View Roland's best moments in photos:
-Season 6, Episode 20: The War at Home
-Season 6, Episode 19: Centennial
-Season 6, Episode 18: Baby Steps
-Season 6, Episode 15: Tough Love
-Season 6, Episode 10: After Action Report
-Season 5, Episode 12: Firefight
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Countdown to Season 7: Spotlight on Joan
Career-driven Joan Burton (Wendy Davis) defied expectations and rose through the ranks, becoming Fort Marshall's first African American female lieutenant colonel. But that didn't come without a price—she often found herself torn between her career and husband, Roland, the sole "Army Husband."
The couple's struggles were played out in Season 1. In the pilot, Joan returned home from a two-year deployment, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Feeling alone, Roland had a one-night stand, and later confessed his actions to Joan. While the two contemplated divorce, they eventually reconciled when Joan realized she was pregnant with their daughter Sara Elizabeth. The couple later adopted their HIV-postive son, David.
In Season 4, she was re-deployed to Iraq and suffered an eye injury after her patrol came under attack from an IED. When she returned to Fort Marshall, she was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. She then received the additional duty of Garrison Commander.
In Season 6, David’s biological father Marcus came back into the picture. Hesitant at first to let him into their lives, Joan and Roland eventually showed compassion to Marcus. Joan also revealed that season that she's not always been so strong. In a pivotal Season 6 moment, she confessed to Roland that she had a drug problem in high school.
View Joan's best moments in photos:
-Season 6, Episode 19: Centennial
-Season 6, Episode 18: Baby Steps
-Season 6, Episode 15: Tough Love
-Season 6, Episode 10: After Action Report
-Season 5, Episode 12: Firefight
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Countdown to Season 7: Spotlight on Pamela
Tough and outspoken, Pamela Moran (Brigid Brannagh) is the glue that keeps the wives together. A former Boston PD, Pamela came to Fort Marshall with her Delta Force husband Chase and became a full-time mother to their kids Katie and Lucas. In Season 1, one of Pamela's biggest challenges was that she was secretly a surrogate (with twins!) to earn $50,000 to get her family out of debt. In the first episode, Pamela goes into labor at Claudia Joy's tea party, exposing her secret—and subsequent financial situation—to the Wives. But the Wives kept mum, proving early on that their bond is unbreakable.
During the first few seasons, Chase was often absent because of his position as Delta Force. To help her cope and fill the void, Pamela got her own radio show "Have At It" in Season 2, but later quit because of a listener-turned-stalker. By the time Season 4 came along, Pamela had enough of Chase coming and going—even asking him to quit his job— so they divorced.
Pamela then went back to PD roots and got a job as a detective in Atlanta to provide for her family. By the end of Season 4, Chase's priorities shifted and he told Pamela that he was ready to quit Delta Force and become a family again. In Season 5, the pair remarried at the Hump Bar. At the end of the season, Chase received a job offer in California, which guaranteed more money than his and Pamela's salaries combined. Chase moved to The Golden State alone, but Pamela and the kids later joined him after their house got damaged by a hurricane.
View Pamela's best moments in photos:
-Season 6, Episode 17: Hello Stranger
-Season 5, Episode 13: Farewell to Arms
-Season 5, Episode 7: Strategic Alliances
-Season 5, Episode 4:
On Behalf of a Grateful Nation
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Countdown to Season 7: Spotlight on Claudia Joy
Described as "sophisticated, strong and smart," for six seasons, Claudia Joy Holden (Kim Delaney) has been the heart of Fort Marshall. She's married to now Major General Michael Holden and has two daughters, Emmalin and Amanda. Amanda was tragically killed during a bombing at the Hump Bar in the Season 1 finale, just weeks after Claudia Joy was held hostage at the hospital by a mentally unstable soldier.
It was also revealed in Season 1 that because she got married to Michael, Claudia Joy never finished her law degree at Harvard. In Season 4, Claudia Joy returned to school, completed her degree and got a job at a Charleston law firm. She eventually quit the firm because her boss (and former law professor), Grant Chandler, disclosed that he had romantic feelings for her.
Claudia Joy has also had her fair share of health issues over the years. In Season 3, she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. In Season 5 she discovered that she had an ovarian cyst, but it turned out to be non-cancerous. In Season 6, a doctor told Claudia Joy that she was having kidney failure and needed a transplant. Denise came to her rescue, donated one of her kidneys and just as the surgery was deemed successful, Claudia Joy went into cardiac arrest on the operating table. Luckily, the doctors were able to revive her.
View Claudia Joy's best moments in photos:
-Season 6, Episode 15: Tough Love
-Season 6, Episode 14: Fatal Reaction
-Season 5, Episode 11: Drop Zone
-Season 5, Episode 3: Movement to Contact
-Season 4, Episode 14: Be All You Can Be
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Countdown to Season 7: Spotlight on Roxy
Roxy LeBlanc (Sally Pressman) didn't have it easy on when she first arrived at Fort Marshall. After getting married to Sergaent Trevor LeBlanc after a four-day courtship, Roxy was initially seen as an outsider, but after befriending Claudia Joy, Roxy soon found a common ground with the other Wives.
With money problems at home, Roxy took a job as a waitress at the Hump Bar, eventually taking over as owner after former owner Betty passed away. However, Roxy's troubles didn't stop at the bank. Over the span of her life, she's had to deal with an abusive mother, lack of high school degree (eventually getting her GED), a miscarriage after conceiving her first child with Trevor and raising her two sons from previous relationships abusive ex-husband, Jesse, and ex-boyfriend, Whit, who came back into Roxy's life in Season 5.
When Trevor got deployed to Afghanistan, Roxy found herself growing close to Whit, even getting him a job as a contractor on a truck stop project. Although Roxy never acted upon her feelings, when Trevor returned home, tension grew between the couple. After finding peace, in Season 6, Roxy became an FGR leader and got pregnant with twins, Wyatt and Drew. In true Roxy-fashion, complications occurred during childbirth, and Drew's umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, forcing Roxy to have an emergency c-section. Luckily after a few days in an incubator, Drew was able to join his family at home.
At the end of Season 6 with a teary-eyed goodbye, Roxy, Trevor and their family packed their bags and moved to Tacoma, WA.
View Roxy's best moments in pictures:
-Season 6, Episode 17: Hello Stranger
-Season 6, Episode 16: Battle Scars
-Season 6, Episode 5: True Colors
-Season 5, Episode 9: Countermeasures
-Season 5, Episode 8: Supporting Arms
-Season 4, Episode 12: Change of Station
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