Meet the Stars of HGTV's New "Flip or Flop Fort Worth"

From Good Housekeeping

Andy and Ashley Williams are the newest additions to the HGTV family, with their show, Flip or Flop Fort Worth, premiering November 2. They're the latest in a string of Flip or Flop spinoffs from the network, set in locations like Las Vegas, Atlanta, and now, Texas. In an interview with GoodHousekeeping.com, the couple says they have one specific mission with their new show: to promote the work of veterans like them.

Andy and Ashley are both veterans; Andy served in the Marines, while Ashley was in the Army. The two met while in Baghdad, Iraq, while Ashley was on active duty, working in an emergency room, and Andy was in a contract position at the time. As Ashley recalls, they met at the gym, while she was training to take a physical fitness test. "I was sitting on the leg machine and Andy came up to me and said, 'Hey, do you need a personal trainer?' I was like, 'Uh, no!'" Ashley says.

Before the two started dating, Andy had begun investing in rental properties back in the States. And once they got serious, Ashley started to get involved in the planning process. By the time they both came back from Iraq in 2012, they made a promise to one another: they would put down roots and not return to active duty. "[Ashley] made it a point, she drew the line, that once we came home, I couldn't go back [overseas]," Andy says. "When we started a family, when we started having kids, she wanted me to be there. That was the big thing. She wanted me to be there to raise a family and have a family home together."