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Being Stop-Lossed In the Army – Episode 23 Pam never intended on joining the military and ended up doing so after traveling the world backpacking in 2000. She came home with no money and went back to waiting tables. Wanting to get back into college. 9-11 happened and she moved out of Chicago to Portland, […]
In the Coast Guard Far From Home – Episode 21 Welcome to episode 21 of Women of the Military Podcast. Today’s guest is Tammy Barlet Listen to the full episode here. Tammy Barlet served in the Coast Guard for 8 years. As an Operation Specialist aboard the USCGC Chase (WHEC-718), traveling halfway around the world […]
Serving in the Coast Guard and Military Sexual Trauma – Episode 18 Ginny joined the Coast Guard at 18, she turned 19 while at boot camp. She was a chef, first stationed on a Cutter (a coast guard commissioned vessel) in San Diego. She also went to South and Central America doing drug and migrant […]
What are the effects of deployment on soldiers? Christian talks about how her deployment affects her life even today. Christina is an Army Veteran and an Air Force spouse currently stationed in Utah with her husband and two children, ages 6 and 5. Her love for writing has found a home on her blog Heart […]
Today’s guest is Annette Whittenberger. Listen to her story of overcoming PTSD symptoms. Annette is a military spouse, mother to two teenagers (one is in college), and veteran who served in the Army for over seventeen years as a Chemical officer including a deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. She retired and decided to trade in her […]
Ashley Metesh-McCoy shared her experience in the military and what it was like to coming home from a deployment. She didn’t expect to deploy right after graduating from college but that is what happened. She was young and did not know a lot about the military. Coming home from a deployment Off to Afghanistan Her […]
This week’s interview is with Vietnam veteran, Janet Appling. Janet was an active-duty Army Officer during the Vietnam War but was never given the chance to deploy overseas. Listen here. Military Service Janet served in the Army during Vietnam. She never deployed overseas but made critical contributions to the change allowing women to be part […]
In this interview, we talk about Cynthia’s journey to military life and experience as one of the military moms deploying overseas. She joined the military through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. A program she joined just to learn a little more about the military. One of the biggest struggles she had during ROTC was […]
I decided a fun way to share my deployment would be through sharing Afghanistan through pictures. At the time I didn’t realize how lucky I was to have a Public Affairs (PA) team with us on every mission. I have so many pictures from my deployment. Many of my friends have less than twenty pictures […]
