by Janell Hanf Military homecomings have become a moment to publicize. Sports games are interrupted for a standing ovation and applause while a servicemember and loved ones embrace. The fans are proud as they “Support Our Troops” and feel their heartstrings pulled watching a joyful reunion. But less attention is paid to what comes before. […]
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Empowered Women Empower Women: Boss Lady Bio
This post was sponsored by Mission Entrepreneur Empowered women empower women. This is the theme of this week’s episode with Jen Griswold. Jen is an Air Force Academy graduate, veteran, mom, and multi-business owner. She talks about how the military opened doors to her future and how she used entrepreneurship to fill the void in […]
Real Military Spouse Groups
For the six years, I served on active duty I had another title I was also a military spouse. Somehow me being a woman who was married to a service member meant that the commander thought I should be part of the military spouse groups his wife was running. To say, that was a bad […]
Soldier’s Daughter: Experience While Her Mom is at War
April is the month of the military child. Cathy-Ann Alexander wrote a children’s book from her daughter’s experience of being a soldier’s daughter called Mya the Soldier’s Daughter. In 2017, Cathy deployed to Afghanistan and had her daughter stay with her sister in Canada. It was a hard year for both her daughter and her. […]
The Life of a Military Child – Every Three Years
By Sarah Fairbanks What is the life of a military child like? My experience was fantastic: I got to live in four US states and 2 European countries, seeing places I might otherwise never have had the opportunity to see. Additionally, I was not just visiting these locations, they were my home. Hence, my experience, […]
Women in Combat Roles before 2016
When I deployed in 2010 to Afghanistan, I had vaguely heard that women couldn’t be in combat. But since I being sent on a deployment with an infantry unit and would be one of the women in combat roles before combat exclusion was lifted. I thought that the military was just ignoring the combat exclusion […]
A Military Leader Gives Back – Gen Carol Eggert
Brig Gen Carol Eggert is a combat veteran and purple heart recipient. Her philosophy as a military leader is to continue to give back to her unit and community. She never said no to an opportunity and in the end, it led to her achieving the rank of Brigadier General. In today’s episode, we cover […]
Who is Harriet Tubman? Nurse, War Hero, Women’s Right’s Activist
by Colleen Forsyth Most Americans have heard of Harriet Tubman. She is a household name synonymous with the fight to end slavery. She was critical to the abolition movement and helped save dozens of slaves by being a conductor on the Underground Railroad. But that is just the tip of the iceberg to all the […]
Geospatial Intelligence in the Air Force
What is it like to serve as a Geospatial Intelligence Air Force member? Listen to Marissa’s story of how she found her way to the Air Force and what it was like to be a Geospatial Intelligence analyst. Marissa joined the Air Force when her mom talked to a friend who happened to married to […]
A True Servant Leader: CDR (ret) Beth Hartmann, USN
by Krista Morris-Tworek I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. It was painfully obvious when I was a junior in high school. I sat there staring at multiple college applications. I had excelled at math and science. But I wasn’t the kid who grew up building masterpieces from Legos or […]
