Bonnie Reeves served on active duty in the Air Force. She reached the rank of Master Sargent (E-7). She worked in Logistics Supply, working on various jobs in supply support ranging from aircraft to vehicles to communications. She met her husband while serving on active duty. They served dual military most of their military career. […]
Seeing the World with the Navy
Seeing the World With the Navy – Episode 9 Welcome to Episode 9 of Women of the Military Podcast. In today’s episode I interviewed Shakeia Kegler. Shakeia joined the Navy in 2011 and was sent to Japan for her first assignment. The day she landed in Japan she learned her ship the USS George Washington […]
A Developmental Engineer in the Air Force
A Developmental Engineer in the Air Force – Episode 8 Welcome to episode 8 of Women of the Military Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Amanda Huffman interviews Erin Sears. Erin served in the US Air Force on Active Duty from December 2006 through July 2012 as an Acquisitions and Engineering Officer. She earned her […]
How to Recognize You Need Help
Sometimes hardest part is to recognize you need help and then actually going to get help. The path to start getting mental health help was a long process. I think it took me over a year before I went to my first Celebrate Recovery meeting after learning about the program. Through the program I was […]
The Struggle of Coming Home from War
Episode 7: The Struggle of Coming Home from War Welcome to episode seven of Women of the Military Podcast. In today’s episode your host Amanda Huffman interviews Ashley Metesh-McCoy. Ashley grew up as a military brat. She served in the Army National Guard while attending college and participating in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) […]
Do I Belong in the Navy?
Episode 6: Do I Belong In the Navy? Welcome to episode six of Women of the Military Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Amanda Huffman interviews Mandy Snell. Mandy was accepted and attended the Naval Academy. She served in the military (10 years on active duty and 10 years in the Reserves) for a total […]
A Female Vietnam Veteran’s Story
Here Janet shares her story of being a female Vietnam veteran: My name is Janet Appling and I retired from the Army as a Captain. I decided to join the military services after I had graduated from Northern Illinois University. I had been teaching 6th grade for a year before joining. This was in 1966 […]
A Female Vietnam Veteran
A Female Vietnam Veteran – Episode 5 Welcome to Episode 5 of Women of the Military podcast. In today’s episode, Amanda interviews Janet Appling. Janet was an active duty Army Officer during the Vietnam War. Military Service Janet served in the Army during Vietnam. She never deployed overseas but made critical contributions to the change […]
Being Married to A Pilot in the Air Force
Here is part two of Cynthia Cline’s interview about being a military officer in the Air Force. Her husband is also in the Air Force. He is a pilot. In this half of the interview Cynthia shares how they met and the struggles that they have to overcome to being married in the Air Force. […]
Army Woman Out to Change the World
Episode 4: Army Woman Out to Change the World Welcome to episode four of Women of the Military Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Amanda Huffman interviews Tiye Young. Tiye Young is a Charlotte native currently serving in the North Carolina National Guard after serving on active duty in the Army for over six years. […]
