The Long Way Home

My name is Jessica Scott. I am a soldier. I am a mother. I am a wife. 


In 2009, Army second lieutenant Jessica Scott deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. She thought deploying was the hardest thing she'd ever do. 


She was wrong. 


This is the story of a mother coming home from war and learning to be a mom again. This is the story of a lieutenant making the grade and becoming a company commander. This is the journey of a writer persevering through a hundred rejections. This is the story of a soldier learning to be a woman again. This is the story of a wife waiting for the end of a war. 


This is the journey as it happened, without commentary. 


This is her blog. There are many blogs from the Iraq war, but this one is hers.