Photo by Alexandra Shea | Exercise News Day | 03.11.2020
U.S. Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel Schoonmaker, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, 244th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, prays with his family before enjoying dinner on March 11, 2020, at Carthage, North Carolina. The children are raised with Christian values and routinely eat meals, attend church and pray together. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Alexandra Shea)...
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Exercise News Day | 03.11.2020
Gabriel Schoonmaker and his brother, Rayden, goof off while using architecture blocks to create sculptures on March 11, 2020, in Carthage, North Carolina. Gabriel, Rayden and their sister, Hailey, are homeschooled by their mother, while their other siblings attend public school. Two of their older sisters are foster children and are unable to participate in homeschooling due to state......
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Exercise News Day | 03.11.2020
Emma Schoonmaker delivers pizza to her family's dinner table at their home in Carthage, North Carolina, on March 11, 2020. Emma and her sister, Olivia, are foster children the Schoonmaker family is actively trying to adopt. The family defied odds by conducting a permanent change of duty stations with their foster children. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Alexandra Shea)...
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Exercise News Day | 03.11.2020
U.S. Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel Schoonmaker, assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, 244th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, plays touch football with his children after work on March 11, 2020. Two of his six children are foster children his family took into their home while stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The......
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Kristy Schoonmaker, right, plays with kinetic sand with her children, Hailey, center, and Gabriel, left, during a homeschooling session on March 11, 2020, at Carthage, North Carolina. Kristy is a mother of six. Two of her daughters are foster children and attend public school in accordance with state laws that govern the care and education of foster children. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt.......
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Exercise News Day | 03.11.2020
Kristy Schoonmaker helps her daughter, Hailey, improve her reading skills at their home in Carthage, North Carolina, on March 11, 2020. Kristy homeschools three of her six children. Two of her children are foster children and are required by state law to attend school outside the home. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Alexandra Shea)...
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Exercise News Day | 03.10.2020
Members of the Schoonmaker family playfully pose in front of their home on March 10, 2020, in Carthage, North Carolina. U.S. Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel Schoonmaker, assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, 244th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is a flight operations officer and foster parent. Schoonmaker uses the......
Photo by Alexandra Shea | Exercise News Day | 03.10.2020
Emma Schoonmaker, right, hits a volleyball to her siblings as her sister, Olivia, looks on, March 10, 2020, at their home in Carthage, North Carolina. Their father is U.S. Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel Schoonmaker, assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, and his wife Kristy are foster parents to the sisters and defied the odds of moving to North Carolina......
