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The Soldier as Hero and Monster

    All the talk in the media lately about Soldiers and PTSD got me thinking about why the media is so quick to jump in and find any link to deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan as an excuse for criminal...

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The Burden of Proof

Today has been a ranty mcrantypants day for me. Here’s just one thing that got my blood pressure up. My lieutenants used to laugh at me when I would say it’s not what you know, it’s what you can prove....

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A Soldier’s Thoughts on Birth Control, Religion and Women in the Military

I’ve become somewhat of an accidental feminist lately. I’ve struggled mightily with my religion’s stance on birth control and finally accepted that, well, I’m just a bad catholic. I always figure I’m...

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I Am Not A Slut

I took a brief hiatus from twitter/facebook over the last weekend because the rhetoric was getting my blood pressure up and well, to spare the people around me endless rants about the stupidity in our...

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Last Thoughts on #Iamnotaslut

This week saw the backlash against Rush Limbaugh’s hateful comments go into full swing and my tweets and blog post were part of that. I said my piece because the attacks on women’s right to decide for...

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The Evil Uterus or The Decisions that Haunt Me

Let me tell you a story. When I was a company commander, we gave an article 15 to a soldier for smoking pot. So what, right? She was pregnant. It was her third offense of smoking pot while she was...

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The Mommy Wars are Bullshit

Sometimes the most eloquent thing I can say about a subject is “I call bullshit”. Look, I work. I’m a mom. One of my best friends in the entire world is a stay at home mom. And you know what that makes...

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WITA: It’s Not That Big A Deal

Today marks the day that women are “officially” allowed in the maneuver battalions. I’m not going to re-hash the long trail of tears over how we got to this day: the short version is this is a good...

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Women in Ranger School

I’ve been following the entire discussion about women going to Ranger school for a little while now. Like since I commissioned. Back when I was at Fort Benning for Officer Candidate school, we had the...

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Welcome Back 90s Army

It seems there is always time for nostalgia when it comes to the Army of yesterday. The 80s Army looks back on the Vietnam Army, the 90s Army on the pre-stress card Army of the 80s. The OIF/OEF Army...

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