Brigid Brannagh News

Brigid Brannagh didn't want to say the wrong thing.

Not because the Army Wives actress had something to hide or she was worried she'd offend her interviewer. She carefully chose her words because the show has made her a de facto spokesperson for the men and women of the U.S. military and their families.

While reflecting on her recent trip to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, she tried desperately to remember the names of each soldier whose stories moved her (there were many, and she remembered almost all).

"I can't even describe Walter Reed," Brannagh said. "They're missing limbs, and they have permanent disfigurement, and they're in incredible pain and have any number of things that the rest of us can't imagine, and yet they were so positive - so grateful to be there and be well cared for and be home. And they feel luckier than their counterparts."

"I'm not kidding - I felt like a jerk. What could I possibly think or do to make this better in any way? I definitely think Walter Reed is a place to donate."

Brannagh and some of her Army Wives co-stars visited Walter Reed this summer for a special screening of their Lifetime drama series.

Brannagh plays Pamela Moran, wife of a Delta Force soldier. She's a former cop who now hosts her own radio show targeting the women on post.

Army Wives, which has been a huge hit for Lifeime on Sunday nights, is filmed in Charleston, S.C., where the fictional Fort Marshall is located.

While other stars in front of the camera include Hollywood imports like Kim Delaney (NYPD Blue) and Catherine Bell (JAG), many of the faces behind the camera are imported from a city about four hours north of Charleston.

"Maybe half of our crew is from Wilmington," Brannagh said.

Army Wives actually marks the second time Brannagh has worked with Wilmington-based filmed crews, but the last time, she came to them.

Brannagh filmed a guest role for the made-in-Wilmington supernatural drama American Gothic in 1995.

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Tears were not in short supply on July 1 when two of TV's Army Wives met some of the real-life women they portray on the hit Lifetime series.

Actress Sally Pressman, who plays Roxy LeBlanc, and co=star Brigid Brannagh, who plays Pamela Moran, recently watched an upcoming episode with Army wives and service members at Walter Reed Medical Center outside Washington, D.C.

"It was incredibly emotional," Sally Pressman said.

"The only thing I can say is, it's a night I will never forget and it was life-changing. I'm not going to be the same."

Army Wives' Sally Pressman and Brigid Brannagh meet their real-life counterparts.

Sally Pressman said she learned that night just how much Army Wives means to the women, who often together in large groups.

She said one woman whose husband was killed in battle told her, crying: "The only thing that has made me happy since then is your show."

Brigid Brannagh said she was moved by the upbeat attitude of the wounded service members she met at the U.S. Army medical center.

"One man had shrapnel all over his face and his legs, and they're trying to figure out what kind of use he's going to have in his legs ... they're 19 and they're 20 and they're more positive than I could ever be," she said.