Shamsa is leading women in Australia. Besides serving in the Australian Air Force she is also working as a contractor for Deloitte and helped launch Propel Her. Propel Her is an online leadership series, tailored for Defense Women. It exists to empower women to shape their careers and enhance their professional development in an inclusive […]
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Combating Sexism in the Military
Doris is on a mission to combat sexism in the military. She is a retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 4 (CW4) in 2019 after 36 years of service in the Army and Army National Guard. She spent her first three years in the Army as a Truck Driver. Then she left the military for […]
From Nursing to Intel
Marisol didn’t follow the traditional path in the Navy. After enlisting and then becoming an officer in the Nurse Corps she wanted a change and switched from nursing to Intel. She shares what led her to the military and how her focus helped her become an officer and then switch to the Intel career field. […]
Serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force
Necole served in the Royal Canadian Air Force for 35 years and achieved the rank of Chief Warrant Officer. In this interview she shared her road to joining the military as a military police officer, the challenge of being gay in the military, and gives powerful advice and tools to help you in whatever life […]
Inspired to Serve
Brittinie was inspired to serve after watching Cadet Kelly, a fictional drama about a young girl at a military academy. It wasn’t anything like what the military would end up being like but it was where the idea of military service came from. She decided to join the Air Force and after initially looking into […]
Novel highlighting a female Marine
I really enjoyed Kurtz by John Lawson III that highlight the story of a female Marine Annie Kurtz. In this week’s episode I had a chance to talk John about his novel. John is a Marine Corps veteran and journalist/military analyst. He wanted to write a novel about some of the ideas he had been […]
Mentorship – Why it is important
This week we are diving into mentorship. Being a mentee or a mentor is a term thrown around a lot in the military and I wanted to dive in and learn more about how to build mentee-mentor relationships. My guest this week is Sabrina Dalton. She is the Deputy Executive Director for Military Mentors (MM). […]
Serving in the Army National Guard
Silver is currently serving in the Montana Army National Guard. She shares her story of joining the National Guard as a medic and then learning about ROTC and serving both in the Guard and working toward becoming an officer through ROTC. It was a challenging road to service but she grew from the experiences she […]
How Moral Injury Can Lead to Burnout
Jamie Peer shares her story of how moral injury led to burn out in her own life and ultimately led her to leave the military after 23 years of service. Today she is the Senior Executive Officer for the Moral Injury Support Network for Servicewomen (MISNS). A nonprofit focused on supporting women who have experienced […]
Passion after military service
Erin went from military to millionaire. In this episode we highlight her time in the U.S. Army and how she was able to become a self-made millionaire. She attended West Point and shortly after gaining her commission she was deployed to Iraq. She served for almost eight years. But days after returning from maternity leave […]
