The families who serve alongside America’s warriors have a seat at the table, and it is already paying off. The President’s Military Spouse Commission held its second meeting at the White House on Monday, and Chair Jennifer Hegseth opened with thanks. “I want to start by recognizing President Trump for the big heart he has shown for warriors and their families,” she said.

Hegseth said she came straight from the Rose Garden, where President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump signed the women’s health order that same day. She said it includes the Department of War, its nearly 400,000 female service members and four million spouses and dependents, so leaders can look at where women are being underserved. “It all ends at readiness,” she said. “He just does have a really big heart for our military families, and he shows that every day.”

Then came results. The old Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program has been overhauled into a one-stop shop called SpouseWorks. After its first in-person career readiness event at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, completed job profiles are up 70% compared with last year. “That just shows that spouses are wanting to work, they’re ready to apply, and they just needed the right outlet,” Hegseth said. The administration has also added more than 6,000 child care spaces, is working to ease school switches when families move mid-year, and is piloting ways to cut the cost of tolls in some military communities.

Commissioners also heard about programs worth expanding. An Air Force and Space Force pilot that connects spouses with employers before a move has pushed spouse placements up 60% in three weeks, and an Army reassignment program has drawn more than 11,000 candidate profiles since May 2025.

Executive Director Desiree Thompson Sayle, a Marine’s daughter, said the commission is answering the call. “I feel like President Trump and this commission are meeting the moment with your leadership,” she told Hegseth. Created by President Trump’s executive order in August, the commission advises him on employment, education, child care, health care and deployment support for military families.