Surviving Deployment
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Author of Surviving Deployment: A guide for military families and
Life After Deployment: Military families share reunion stories and advice

Karen Pavlicin is an award-winning, bestselling author known for her practicality, inspirational insight, and sense of humor. An accomplished business leader and hall of fame athlete, she is a sought-after keynote speaker on a variety of topics.

Karen’s challenging yet positive experiences during her Marine husband’s many deployments, and her volunteer work with military families, inspired her to write Surviving Deployment: A guide for military families and lead military family workshops. She wrote her newest book, Life After Deployment: Military families share reunion stories and advice , to help with the many challenges military families face during their reunions.

Karen regularly consults with family organizations, counselors, and schools to support military families.

Interesting Projects

Karen's week is never boring. She is out and about working on interesting projects in support of military families. She was on the set of Grace is Gone, a new movie about Stanley, who takes his daughters on a road trip after receiving notice that his Army wife has died in combat.

Karen talks with actor John Cusack, who plays the lead role of Stanley.

 

 

Media Alerts
for Karen Pavlicin

Karen was the keynote speaker at the 103rd NGAMN Conference and the 116th Infantry Regiment's muster.
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To arrange an interview, contact pr@elvaresa.com

View Karen's video "I Believe in You" dedicated to U.S. service members and their families. Download the song for free on MilitaryFamilyBooks.com

Listen to Karen talk about deployments on Army Wife Talk Radio. Karen's segment begins at 25 minutes through approximately minute 44 on the clip.

 


To arrange interviews, please contact pr@elvaresa.com.

From Karen's Mailbox

"Your inspirational book Surviving Deployment: A guide for military families is a wonderful instrument for our military families....Your comprehensive checklists and discussions of deployment issues will prove to be very helpful tools for families facing the challenges of deployment for the first time."
— General James L. Jones, USMC, Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Workshops
Karen volunteers her time to lead several workshops for military families each year. Please contact pr@elvaresa.com for availability.