Are you considering joining the Coast Gaurd? Caroline is sharing her experience of joining the Coast Gaurd in 2009. She was about to graduate from college and with the recession, there were not a lot of options for careers. So she decided to join the Coast Guard. Her plan was to work in Intelligence. But […]
Category Archives: Mental Health
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in the Military
Alani talks about her overcoming imposter syndrome and how it affected her and her military career. She is an Army brat and thought she would go to West Point and join the Army. Instead, she ended up gaining a Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship with the Air Force and served in the Air Force. […]
Facing discrimination in the military
Siobhan served in the Air Force as a Therapist and faced a challenging situation that she didn’t expect while serving in the military. She faced discrimination in the military and also had toxic leadership that led her to feel like a failure and contemplated suicide. Luckily, she found an anchor in focusing on what she […]
Hear Iraq War Stories from a female combat veteran
Most often when Iraq War stories are told they are from a male veteran’s perspective. In Jennifer’s book, Calmed she writes not only her story but includes her husband’s perspective of what being deployed together was like. When Jennifer put on her brother’s Marine Corps uniform she stood a little taller. It inspired her to […]
Miscarriage in the Military
Theresa wanted to get away from her hometown and when her parents would not support her in attending Howard University in Virginia she decided to join the Marine Corps. She began her career in the Marines and the day before she turned twenty she was married and she began planning for her future by saving […]
What is happening in Afghanistan? A reflection
I wanted to highlight my thoughts of watching what is happening in Afghanistan with the Taliban take over Afghanistan. I debated back and forth on creating this episode. And then had second thoughts after it. Should share these personal feelings? In the end, I decided it is important for others to hear veteran voices. So […]
Postpartum Depression in the Military
Rachal “Featherstone” Featherston is a non-binary Army veteran who served under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell from 2008 to 2010. They talk about their experience in the Army as a Military Police Officer and their transition out of the military to what she is doing today. They suffered postpartum depression after the birth of their first […]
How Heart Disease Changed a Military Career
Kelsey passed out while working out and the nurse practitioner decided to run a test to see if it could be related to heart disease. No one expected the results that discover she has a rare heart disease and her career in the military was over. But it was. Kelsey shares her experience in the […]
Finding Mental Health Services for Veterans
This episode was created in partnership with the Steven A Cohen Military Family Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania. The Cohen Veteran Network seeks to provide mental health services for veterans. They serve post 9/11 veterans, active duty (with a Tricare referral), and their family members. CVN works to help strengthen mental health among the […]
Military Service to Civilian: Making Peace in the Chasm Between
By: Crystal McFadden, LPC There will never be two identical stories shared by military veterans about any situation. Especially, regarding their transition from military service to civilian life. Each story of service and transition is unique. It can be in the variance of difficulty. Or the momentum of success (or lack thereof), and the level […]
