As most the country watches the presidential debates from their living room, one group of military families at Fort Hood wants the candidates to come to them.
Military Spouses for Change is trying to lure Democratic and Republican candidates to address the largest military community in the country face-to-face.
"These candidates are asking to be the next commander in chief. I feel like our families and service members, if nothing else, deserve an audience," organizer Carissa Picard said.
Picard's husband, Caynan, is home for now. He'll be deployed again to Iraq early next year. She and Military Spouses for Change have contacted almost every presidential candidate to participate in a bipartisan forum to address issues about the war and aftercare for veterans.
"If they were to come here it would mean that the soldiers make a difference, the soldiers mean something. That their lives and their families mean something. That they're not just talking the talk, that they are actually going to make some changes and support the troops," military wife and mother Inga Guenther said.
Guenther's two sons and husband are currently active in the military.
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Presidential debate
A group of soldiers' wives are trying to coordinate the first ever bipartisan debate at Fort Hood.
 
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As the largest military installation in the country, many military families at Fort Hood feel the candidates owe it to them to answer questions on Iraq and veteran care.
"It's the defining issue for this election, but for military families, it defines our lives," Picard said.
In a town where on average two soldiers a week are killed, Picard wants the nation to remember that for every soldier killed, there's a family left to pick up the pieces.
None of the candidates have committed to the forum yet.
Military Spouses for Change is still trying to secure a network and moderator for the event which is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 1.
