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The author of the book “See You Along the Way: Reflections of a Veteran Hiking the Camino de Santiago,” Colonel Tracey Meck, was interviewed by Benji Cole of CBS Radio. They talked about the in-depth nature of the book’s theme and inspiration during the interview. Colonel Meck shared that her book emerged from a deep personal need to reconcile what she had lost—and what she still longed to find. Setting out on the Camino a second time wasn’t about physical endurance alone but about completing an internal pilgrimage she had left unfinished. Having walked part of the way before and turned back, she felt compelled to return and finish—to allow the path itself to become a metaphor for redemption, faith, and self-discovery.
“See You Along the Way: Reflections of a Veteran Hiking the Camino de Santiago” is a deeply moving memoir that chronicles Colonel Tracey Meck’s transformative pilgrimage along the ancient Camino de Santiago, also known as the Way of Saint James. Retired from the U.S. Air Force after multiple combat and humanitarian deployments, Meck embarks on the five-hundred-mile journey not simply as a physical challenge, but as a sacred pilgrimage toward healing, identity, and spiritual renewal. The book blends rugged terrain with raw emotion, weaving together the threads of her military past with her quest for meaning beyond the uniform.
Tracey Meck was born in Bozeman, Montana in 1965. After spending her early life moving every couple of years around Montana and Minnesota, her family settled in Anchorage, Alaska in 1976. After high school, she reported to the United States Air Force Academy. Graduating with the Class of 1987, she earned a bachelors degree and a commission as a Second Lieutenant. She served the majority of her career in her primary field, Security Forces (SF). In 2006, she took a one-year career broadening deployment as the Commander of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Gardez in Afghanistan. For the remainder of her AF career, she rotated between SF and Stability Operations assignments at the Central Command and Pentagon levels.
Her other contingency deployments included serving as the Provost Marshal for Joint Task Force (JTF) SHINING HOPE (supporting Kosovar refugees fleeing to Albania) and JTF ATLAS RESPONSE (a flood relief operation in southern Africa); the Deputy Commander for the 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan; the Chief of Staff for the Iraqi Training and Advisory Mission to
the Ministry of Interior in Baghdad, Iraq; and as the Chief Staff Officer for a Joint Special Operations Task Force in Djibouti, Africa. She retired in 2012 at the rank of Colonel and settled on Camano Island, Washington.
In this reflective and candid narrative, Meck recounts her attempt to complete the Camino—a path she had previously tried and left unfinished due to physical exhaustion and injury. Determined not to leave any part of her story untold or unresolved, she returns with the intention of finishing what she started. As the miles unfold, she confronts both the physical pain of blisters, sore muscles, and fatigue, and the emotional burdens that had defined her life in service.
With every step, she revisits memories of her Air Force journey—including being among the first classes of women at the Academy, leading critical operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Djibouti, and shouldering the weight of interagency leadership during reconstruction missions. Her story beautifully illustrates how grief, doubt, and perseverance can coexist, and how the discipline and inner resilience forged in combat can be repurposed for spiritual and personal growth.
In this reflective and candid narrative, Meck recounts her attempt to complete the Camino—a path she had previously tried and left unfinished due to physical exhaustion and injury. Determined not to leave any part of her story untold or unresolved, she returns with the intention of finishing what she started. As the miles unfold, she confronts both the physical pain of blisters, sore muscles, and fatigue, and the emotional burdens that had defined her life in service.
With every step, she revisits memories of her Air Force journey—including being among the first classes of women at the Academy, leading critical operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Djibouti, and shouldering the weight of interagency leadership during reconstruction missions. Her story beautifully illustrates how grief, doubt, and perseverance can coexist, and how the discipline and inner resilience forged in combat can be repurposed for spiritual and personal growth.
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