Isabel G Schmitt
“Home is where I can explore ideas and let thoughts run their course. Home is safety.”
At WeVett, our work centers around helping military families find and finance their homes, but we know that the meaning of home reaches far beyond four walls. It’s shaped by transition, new traditions, and the people who make it all possible.
Few understand this better than the spouses who live it every day.
In honor of the Armed Forces Insurance 2026 Military Spouse of the Year, we’re sharing seven stories, one from each branch’s finalist, offering a deeper look at what “home” really means in the midst of military life.
Their Story
At the end of a long day, Isabel Schmitt knows she’s home when she hugs her husband, Peter, and her two kids. Her shoulders drop. Everything settles for a moment.
It’s where she can relax, and not just in a sweatpants-and-Netflix kind of way. But in a deeper sense where her dreams can take flight.
In her words, “Home is where I can explore ideas and let thoughts run their course. Home is safety.”
This definition has been hard-earned.
If PCSes were donuts (as we all dream they were), Isabel would be sitting on a baker’s dozen. Before building businesses and advocating for military families, Isabel served on active duty herself. So it goes without saying that she knows a thing or two about military moves.
Today, as the co-founder of LOGSA Mil Moves, her lived experience is still the heartbeat of it all. The military spouse- and veteran-owned moving company was built to fix the very system she dealt with time and time again. And when you’ve navigated an Isabel amount of transitions, both personally and professionally, you start to think about “home” a little differently.
“Military families move a lot, and in the absence of deep roots, we curate our homes to create stability for our families,” she shares. This can look like the same red sofa and chairs. The same dining table. The same artwork on the walls. Familiar pieces are especially important when moving with children, giving them something steady to hold onto when everything else is changing. Growing a garden has also been something that provides her family with familiarity when they’ve found themselves in flux.