Alaskagirl-I have not had the opportunity to read either but I will put them on my must read. I had the opportunity to read Hell Hath No Fury: True Stories of Women at War from Antiquity to Iraq by Rosalind Miles , Robin Cross it touched me profoundly and was a life changer as a woman. Based off circumstances and situations from my perspective. Im was stationed at Fort Bragg and found out that were two kinds of women soldiers the first was a
Solider-one who could do almost everything the men could do. One who did not cry, or show emotion, one who was airborne and did not linger on sick call and could keep up on 4miles runs or 10mile ruck marches.
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The female- one who used every excuse to get out of work., one who would not or could not carry her own weight just a lot of negatives.
In order not to appear week I needed to be a soldier and based upon that I excelled in the service. I was the first one to be called upon to deploy based upon my skill set and one track focus to be the best. We hear so many stories that have women whom have been horrifically abused by the service. My experience was truly wonderful I would not trade it for the world.
Pil- thank you so much I have such a great respect for military spouses. Because they have to hold it down on the home front. My own marriage did not survive Inpart due to the war. I was married to another soldier but sadly we became civilians together and the transition took its toll.
