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Christy Van Drunen

Christy Van Drunen is a contributing writer for Veteran.com. She is a veteran with over 19 years of service with experience in military readiness and training, combat medicine, administration and communications security and repair. A service member herself, Van Drunen is also a military spouse. She is a lover of cocktails, a philosophy student and an avid gym rat. She lives with her husband, two dogs and two cats in mid-Missouri.

Articles written by Christy Van Drunen

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