In March, I did a four week series to celebrate Women’s History Month starting with Amazing Military Women from History. I’m going back to these episodes to highlight the stories I shared live now on the Women of the Military podcast and YouTube. I have learned so much about military history and specifically women in […]
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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). […]
How Culture Affects the Military
When you think about the military you often think about the how the culture affects the military. You can see how the culture had an impact on Rachel and her experience in the military. Boot camp felt watered down because of the culture around military sexual assault. She wanted to be pushed hard and felt […]
Veterans History Project
This week on the podcast I’m excited to be talking to Monica Mohindra. She is the Director of the Veterans History Project (VHP) of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. In this episode, we focus on VHP. VHP is highlighting the importance of collecting veterans stories. We also discussed how the information collected […]
The Challenge of Deployment
Lauren Kay shared the challenge of deployment in her memoir The Fine Art of Camouflage. Lauren’s decision to join the military was inspired by her moms service during Desert Storm and the events of September 11th. Those two things led her to look into the military and she ended up gaining her commission through the […]
Importance of Veterans Getting Outside
This week my guest is Vedia Barnett. She is the Senior Campaign Representative for Sierra Club Military Outdoors. Sierra Club is this week’s sponsored. And I am so excited to share not only about Vedia time in the Air Force but also about the work she is doing today to help eliminate barriers for veterans getting […]
The Women Air Force Service Pilots Story
Dr. Katherine Sharp Landdeck wrote The Women With Silver Wings highlighting the story and history of the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP). Her story of writing this book goes back to when she first started her career and went to an air show and met an WASP. That moment was defining and led her […]
Advice for women considering military service
I’m excited to wrap up Season 4 highlighting the advice from women who served. In this episode I pull the answers to what advice would you give to those considering military service. I shared the advice from women share for the first half of 2022 in episode 188. And now I am finishing off the […]
Women in Tech in the 1980s: One of the few
How does one go from a career as woman in tech to the opera? Hear Esther Massimini’s story this week on the podcast. She served in the Air Force from 1979 to 1984. She was one of few women to work in tech. At the time the government was on the leading edge of the […]
Finding help after a miscarriage
The challenge of reaching out for help after a miscarriage while serving in the military can be a real struggle. But finding that help can change your life for the better. Wendi served in the Army and she had a miscarriage at twenty weeks. The experience led her to hate her body and herself. She […]