Real Life Experiences of a Female Veteran

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Hi all, my name is Keisha, and I am newly retired from the WV Army National Guard. I have created this blog, to reach out to other female soldiers in the United States military to talk about real life experiences and the treatment of women in the military. I served 20 years in the National Guard with a deployment to Mosul, Iraq and within those 20 years, I was treated very poorly from my Chain of Command. I want to make this site a place that we can talk about it and give advice to those that are still serving. I have made it a goal in life, to protect those that I call my sisters in arms, because no one deserves to be treated the way that I was. I am looking forward to writing and engaging in this topic with you all!

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The beginning of a long career

I joined the military at the age of 17, young and full of life. I started working for the WV National Guard as soon as I returned home from training. My career was excelling faster than I had thought it would and by the time I was 21, I had become an AGR Detachment Supply NCO for my Engineering Company. My days with the Engineers were pretty memorable. We had great comradery; we trained hard and partied harder. When I look back at it now, I realize that I was young, and I let a lot of stuff slide. In the military you are a part of something big. You are trained to protect not only the citizens of the United States, but to protect one another. In my days as an Engineering Supply NCO, I had multiple encounters with males that would use their positions and hold things over me. I couldn’t tell anyone, for fear of retaliation. Women in the military have held their tongues for far too long, being scared to say how they have been treated by their fellow comrades. The military preaches zero tolerance to harassment and sexual assault, but every time a female tries to file a report, she is the problem, and I have seen it multiple times. Why is that? Why are women treated as if they are the issue? This has become the norm and is the reason why most female soldiers do NOT report… Let’s talk about it! Share your experiences with me.

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