Transitioning from the National Guard Isn’t The Same

Transitioning from the National Guard Isn’t The Same

Sara McMurrough is a veteran of the Army National Guard and a military spouse. She began her service as an enlisted soldier in the delayed entry program in 1998, while finishing her senior year of high school. While attending Penn State, Sara deployed to Bosnia from 2002 to 2003. She later worked as a Gold […]

A Rape Survivor Story

A Rape Survivor Story

Can you imagine what it is like to be a woman in the military? Unfortunately being raped is one of the struggles women face. Ruthie is a rape survivor She shares her story this week on the podcast about being raped, not once but twice and what she did to help someone who was being […]

Serving during Operation Desert Storm

Serving during Operation Desert Storm

What do you know about Operation Desert Storm? I loved getting to talk to Angela Beltz this week about her experience in the Army National Guard. She was one of the first to deploy from her unit for Operation Desert Storm and talks about the challenges she faced. Serving Operation During Desert Storm – Episode […]

Giving Back After Service to Find Healing

Giving Back After Service to Find Healing

How can you find yourself again after leaving the military? Giving back after service is the one key way I have found to help me transition. Nicole had a similar experience. Nicole Terwey is a Lieutenant and an Intelligence Officer in the Navy Reserves in Nashville, TN. She completed eight and a half years of […]

Being a CounterIntelligence Agent in the Army

Being a CounterIntelligence Agent in the Army

This episode was sponsored by call Melissa at 1-844-514-LIFE to get your free quote today! Maureen Elias served in the US Army from 2001-2006 as a counterintelligence agent. She met and married the love of her life while in advanced individual training and they just celebrated their 18-year anniversary. Together they have three beautiful children. […]

What does a Civil Engineer do in the Air Force?

What does a Civil Engineer do in the Air Force?

What does a Civil Engineer do in the Air Force. Check out Rachael’s story of serving in the Air Force as a Civil Engineer. Rachael and I served on active duty together as Air Force Civil Engineers at Wright-Patterson AFB. I had a chance to interview her for my deployment series in 2017 which is […]

Serving as Female Marine Corps Officer

Serving as Female Marine Corps Officer

This episode is sponsored by . What is it like to serve as a female Marine Corps Officer? Hear the latest episode of Women of the Military and how Katie ended up in the Marines and what her experience was like. A Female Marine Corps Officer. Katie served in the United States Marine Corps for […]

How to Deal with the Grief of Losing Your Military Service

How to Deal with the Grief of Losing Your Military Service

Episode 48 is sponsored by Carrie Peterson joined the US Air Force when she was 17 and served on Active duty until she was about to give birth to her first son. She has an honorable medical discharge. We talked about the grief she experienced when she left military service. Listen here. Military Service in […]

Best Books by Women Veterans

Best Books by Women Veterans

There is a hidden genre of books I found: Women Veterans. In 2019, with the launch of Women of the Military Podcast, I started to hear more and more stories from military women or about military women and the more stories I hear the more I want to hear and read more. And I think […]

A Single Mom in the Military and the challenges she faced

A Single Mom in the Military and the challenges she faced

Can you continue to serve as a single mom in the military? Hear Danielle’s story, on the Women of the Military Podcast, of becoming a single mom and continuing to serve in the Army. It isn’t easy, but it can be done. Danielle has been serving on active duty in the Army since 2004. She […]