Katherine Emily Witt

Katherine Witt is an active duty Air Force officer who lives in Wisconsin, where she is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. She earned her master’s from Texas State University and her bachelor’s from the United States Air Force Academy, where she also taught English. Before Wisconsin, she and her family were stationed in Texas, Colorado, and Alaska, and she has one deployment to Afghanistan. She lives with her husband and two children.

Katherine Witt reunites with her children after seven months in Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of the author.

Reflections

I Wanted My Life as a Mom Separate From My Work With Death. I Had to Make Room for Both.

by Katherine Emily Witt March 13, 2024January 14, 2026

For months, Katherine Witt had managed to keep her roles as Air Force mortuary affairs officer and Mom separate. Then she had to make room for both.

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