Looking for homeschool support?
Supporting Marine families with wisdom, encouragement, and Christ-centered community.
Homeschooling in the Marine Corps can be both deeply rewarding and uniquely challenging. Frequent moves, deployments, changing duty stations, and the desire to raise children in a strong biblical foundation often leave families looking for guidance and support. Tun Tavern Fellowship offers a growing network of experienced Marine spouses who understand these realities firsthand and are willing to encourage others along the way.
Marine Corps family life brings incredible opportunities—but it also requires resilience, flexibility, and faith. For families considering homeschooling, or already walking this path, the challenges can feel significant:
- frequent PCS moves
- interrupted support networks
- deployments and training cycles
- changing state requirements
- balancing home life, discipleship, and academics
Yet many Marine families have found that homeschooling can also become a meaningful way to bring stability, discipleship, and joy into family life.
Tun Tavern Fellowship exists to encourage Marines and their families in knowing Christ and living faithfully—and that includes helping parents think intentionally about how they disciple and educate their children.
Connect with Homeschool Mentor moms
Why Connection Matters
Marine families often rebuild support systems every few years. That reality can make homeschooling feel overwhelming—especially in seasons of transition.
But one conversation with someone who understands can make all the difference.
Whether you’re:
- just beginning to consider homeschooling,
- trying to reset after a difficult season,
- navigating deployment life,
- or looking for practical encouragement,
sometimes what you need most is simply someone who understands.
Meet Our Homeschooling Mentors
These women are seasoned Marine Corps spouses and mothers who have walked the homeschooling journey through deployments, PCS moves, changing seasons, and family transitions.
Some have graduated children into college and adulthood. Others are actively homeschooling today.
They are not here as “experts,” but as:
- trusted encouragers
- practical sounding boards
- fellow moms who understand military life
Dawn barge
Marine Spouse • Homeschool Mom • Experienced Mentor
Dawn has spent decades navigating Marine Corps family life while raising and homeschooling five children. Through multiple seasons of transition, duty station moves, and the daily demands of military family life, she has built a home rooted in faith, steadiness, and perseverance. Dawn brings the perspective of a seasoned Marine spouse who understands both the joys and challenges of educating children while serving alongside a Marine family.
Nadia Bluma
Marine Spouse • Homeschool Mom • Encouraging Guide
Nadia has walked through more than two decades of Marine Corps family life while homeschooling her two sons through changing seasons and transitions. With years of experience balancing family rhythms, academics, and military life, she offers thoughtful encouragement to moms seeking practical support and a steady perspective.
Diana Brewster
Marine Spouse • Homeschool Mom • Family Life Mentor
Diana has faithfully homeschooled while raising a large family through the demands of active-duty Marine Corps life. As the mother of eight children, with her oldest entering college years, she understands the practical realities of managing home education across multiple ages and stages. Diana offers grounded encouragement for moms seeking to build both learning rhythms and a Christ-centered home.
Lisa Jewell
Marine Spouse • Homeschool Mom • Trusted Encourager
Lisa has supported her family through more than 20 years of Marine Corps service while homeschooling and raising three children, including one now in college. She understands the unique challenges of balancing military life, academics, and family discipleship, and she is passionate about encouraging moms to pursue faithful rhythms in every season.
Ali Ley
Marine Spouse • Homeschool Mom • Faithful Resource
Ali has spent many years supporting Marine Corps family life while homeschooling and raising six children through changing seasons and duty stations. With firsthand experience managing the demands of military life and a full household, she offers practical wisdom, encouragement, and perspective for families navigating homeschooling in the midst of transition.
Carrie Terselic
Marine Spouse • Homeschool Mom • Seasoned Mentor
Carrie has spent nearly three decades supporting Marine Corps family life while homeschooling and raising five children into adulthood. Through years of moves, changing assignments, and family transitions, she has developed deep wisdom in creating stability, nurturing faith, and building strong family rhythms. Carrie brings seasoned encouragement to moms seeking both practical help and hope for the journey.
Let Us Help You Get Connected
If you are:
- considering homeschooling,
- new to homeschooling,
- navigating a challenging season,
- or simply looking for encouragement,
we would be glad to connect you confidentially with one of our Tun Tavern Fellowship homeschooling mentors.
Email: [email protected]
We’ll help connect you with someone who understands your season and can offer encouragement, perspective, and practical support.