Hero Spotlight: Sgt Elizabeth Joyce Adams

Written By Liz Hensel - Content Coordinator

Firefighter/EMT, Marine, and Future Nurse

Please meet Sgt. Elizabeth Joyce Adams 

Elizabeth is a Marine Corps veteran who has been married to her husband Tim for the past 11 years. Tim is an active-duty Marine stationed in Marine Corps Base Quantico. They have 3 boys, Ryan (10), Tyler (7), and Dylan (2). 

Elizabeth is originally from Orange County, California. She wanted to join the Marine Corps immediately after high school, however, her parents suggested she go to college first. She went to college and earned a firefighting degree and became a firefighter and EMT in Mississippi for 3 years. 

Then she was ready to follow her dreams of joining the Marine Corps. She wanted to pursue the crash fire rescue job, however, the Marine Corps had other plans and she was assigned the aviation ordnance military occupational specialty. 

She was stationed in Miramar, California where she met her husband during a unit deployment to Japan. Towards the end of her four-year enlistment, she was expecting her first child and her husband received orders to Okinawa, Japan. 

There they were able to take family adventures to Australia, Mainland Japan, and Taiwan. Elizabeth's favorite part of living overseas is experiencing the family-friendly culture. 

Elizabeth and her family now live in Embrey Mill. Her favorite thing to do is visit the different parks around the neighborhood. There is a park to accommodate all the little ones. There is a park full of swings, a park to ride your bike, and even a park where you can build things with foam blocks. Conveniently the pool is right down the street to cool off on those warm summer days. In addition, she is also a youth soccer coach for Stafford Soccer. 

Sgt Elizabeth Adams will be starting nursing school this summer. Once her husband retires, she plans on working in a hospital’s emergency room department.

Liz Hensel - Content Coordinator

Liz has been living in the Stafford area for the last two years. However, her ties are rooted to Virginia, as Virginia was her first duty station while she was on active duty with the Marine Corps. Her husband is still on active duty, and they hope to make Stafford their forever home with their two daughters and two rescue dogs.

While serving in the Marine Corps and Marine Corps reserves has allowed Liz to see all parts of the country and the world, there is truly no place like home. Working on this magazine gives Liz the opportunity to meet her neighbors and the local businesses and more importantly, she gets to showcase them to others.

Liz is also the founder of a nonprofit called Leave No Paws Behind USA. She led the campaign to have legislative change to include pet transportation fees included in military moves. With her leadership, the bill was passed in the FY23 National Defense Appropriation Act.

Liz is excited to continue to write the stories of the FXBG Neighbors

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