their support for karolyn bales, the staff sergeant's wife and their two children. housed on a military base right now for the family's protection. while she might be isolated physically right now, as we hear from nbc's miguel almaguer tonight, she and other military spouses are not alone. >> when news broke an american soldier was accused of killing civilians in afghanistan -- >> dear kari. >> lori felt compelled to write >> i can't fully imagine the fear and the shock -- >> an open letter to kari bales, wife of staff sergeant robert bales, accused of the killing. >> when i thought of my own husband and children and how devastating it would be, i sat at my own dinner table with my mother, another military wife, and we cried for you tonight. >> lori wanted to console kari. >> that's what military spouses do, they rally around each other, especially in difficult times. >> military wives are the silent