Suzanne started looking into joining the military later in life. She was 26 when she joined ROTC and then commissioned two years later the age of 28. Because of this she often became the mother hen of the group and was entrusted with the responsibility of taking care of others. She ended up leaving the […]
Category Archives: Joining the Military
The Importance of Advocating for Yourself
A big theme of this episode of Women of the Military podcast is the importance of advocating for yourself. Sometimes it can feel like you don’t have options when you are in but you have more power than you think. Claire joined the Army when she was 22. She was looking for something different and […]
Why did you join the military opens the door
People may think that asking people why did you join the military is a great way to start a podcast interview focusing on the experience of being in the military. And initially I thought of it as an opening question to my interviews. But the thing was I did not know that this one questions […]
The Power of Military Women Stories
This week on Women of the Military podcast we are celebrating the power of military women stories with the release of episode 250! I am so excited to share this episode with you. Five of my amazing past podcast guest were able to join me for this fun conversation. We highlighted the importance of sharing […]
Serving in Preventative Medicine as a Career in the Army
Sueann learned about the career field of preventative medicine health career field when she joined the Army. And while she could have went into he military as an officer she didn’t know about that path. But once she arrived at her first assignment the Captain she was working for helped her get her direct commission […]
Traveling all over the world with the Navy
It was Suzanna’s wanderlust that led her to the Navy and she is still traveling all over the world with the Navy. She attended the Naval Academy and graduated in 1998 and worked as Surface Warfare Officer and was in the process of switching career fields when September 11th. Her career in Public Affairs started […]
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 […]
Sharing advice from a military career
In this week’s episode Major General (ret) Peggy Wilmoth shares some advice from a military career spanning 35 and half years. Dr. Wilmoth received her Ph.D. in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. She also earned a Master of Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College, and a Master of Science in Nursing […]
Serving as an military hydrographer in the Navy
Did you know you could serve as an military hydrographer in the Navy? I really enjoyed hearing about Alicia’s experience in the Navy and a career field I had never heard about. She attended the Naval Academy and then went to get her masters at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey. After graduation she […]
How September 11th Changed Everything
Denise was serving in the Coast Guard during September 11th. She shared how September 11th changed everything. Not only in the military, but also in other aspects of what we now consider normal life. She worked at the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) when it was being stood up and shared all the different challenges they […]
