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U.S. Army Sgt. Kimberly Pass, Assistant to the 1st Stryker Brigade
Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division's chaplain, and her two
children, Kristopher and Kyan. Courtesy Photo, May 2013
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FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska - Serving in the Army isn't an easy job.
Neither is being a mother. Yet Sgt. Kimberly Pass, a chaplain's
assistant for the 1st Striker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry
Division brigade chaplain, has been doing both for the last eight
years.
“Being a mom is definitely the more difficult job,”
Pass said. “When you come to work, you have a good idea of what
you'll be doing and how to do it. When you're raising kids, every
day there's something new — there's a surprise you weren't ready
for.”
Pass, a native of Statesville, N.C., joined the Army in
2003 and was stationed at Fort Eustis, Va., at Heidelberg, Germany,
and at Fort Jackson, S.C., before being assigned to Fort Wainwright.
“I think it's great that my kids get to travel with me,” Pass
said. “It's difficult when you have to move like we do in the Army,
but at the same time, I'm glad my kids will get to experience all
these places.”
Although she does admit that raising a
military family has its challenges.
“There are always going
to be difficulties, like finding child care [or] finding someone you
can trust with your kids that you can call last minute when you have
to work late or come in early, but the Army is really understanding
and supportive when you have kids,” Pass said. “If they're sick or
have things at school, they always give you time to take care of
things.”
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