"If you don't hear anything from them, that's usually a good thing, and that's what I learned being a military spouse for the last few years," said Paige Powell, a barista at a coffeehouse in nearby Fayetteville.
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Powell's husband, Amonte Miller, was among the military personnel deployed.
Over the past two weeks, she said she received only three five-minute calls from her husband from random numbers.
"Mostly we just talk about how my day was. I don't want to ask him too much about it because I can't know too much," Powell said. "It's a little hard. We've been going through it a bit ourselves."
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The pair are still adjusting to the challenges of marriage after three years and two sudden deployments, with Miller's first to Afghanistan.
Abbey Barker and Elly Quellar are military wives who know the struggle. Barker's partner is still on base at Fort Bragg for now.
"It's always in the back of your mind, but I believe in my significant other and what he does," Barker said.
"I pray for them, because every day is something new," Quellar added.
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Local business owners told our sister station WTVD said so far, they have faced little impact from the latest deployment, but they are prepared to pivot services.
Powell calls her coffee shop a safe space for military wives to connect, a place where she can take her mind off what's happening with her husband overseas.
"I have faith though. I try to stay positive," she said. "I was not in a good place when he was deployed before, but I'm in a better place now."