Of that. So within our own base we had to make sure all of the telephone cable and fiberoptic cable worked. It was a gigantic airbase midway between ramadi and fallujah on the alanbar province. It was like heading up construction crew and my marines were really hardworking. They were great. They would dig trenches and lay cable underground. We would get the entire Company Helping us out, 200 marines, pulling out cable under a airfield. They took out the old iraqi telephone wires and replaced them with 30 kilometers of cable throughout the base. Then we got mortaredded. The then the cable would be cut. And my repair marines would repair it. It was like being in charge of the whole cycle of operations there, which was stressful but i worked with a lot of fantastic people, so that was really great. Thats great. And nicole . My story i guess is a story of a misdirection, believe it or not. After i took the asap i wanted to be journalist. The recruiter told me i didnt make the cut, to get a
Discountedle for the price of 12. 95 with shipping. That is cspan. Org first ladies. If you are a middle or high school student, we want to know what the most Important Congress issued should address next year. 100,000 dollars in total prizes read the deadline is january 20. Next, Women Veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars share experiences. They talk about their personal decisions for entering the military. Some dangers being countered in war zones, how they use skills during a deployment, and their transition from military to civilian life. This was hosted by the near Public Library as part of a sneering veteran history series. It is one hour 40 minutes. Id like to thank everyone for coming out today. This is the third and final Panel Discussion we of posted here. Havee honored to incredible individuals to share their stories on the stage. Seems toussion celebrate the complete story. Veterans tell their own stories, civilians another veterans can learn from them and begin to eng
That he wouldnt break the rules of the senate in order to change them. This was not an ancient promise. July 14, on meet the press, said were not touching judges. This year, july 14, meet the press, were not touching judges. Then there are the double standards. When democrats were in the minority, they argued strenuously for the very thing they now say we will have to do without. Namely, the right to extend a debate on Lifetime Appointments to extended debate on Lifetime Appointments. In other words, they believe that one set of rules should apply to them, to them and another set to everybody else. He may have just as well have said if you like the rules of the senate, you can keep them. Huh . If you like the rules of the senate, you can keep them. Just the way so Many Democrats in the administration and congress now believe that obamacare is good enough for their constituents, but then when it comes to them, their political allies, their staff, well, of course, thats different. And le
Doing supplies and i was in an ordinance company. I was in an ordinance unit, rather, and my company was the largest of the unit. I could order a pen. I could order a machine gun. M 60s. Order i mean, these things were on the on paper. It is very interesting, the accounting for these incredibly weapons,nd powerful and at the same time, i need a royal a roll of toilet paper, some tissue. Its ironic. At the same time, you have unit. Upply you work with alphas. Alphas also work with the warehouse. Juliet was medical supply officers. It was a small world amongst the logistics family. We all kind of knew each other and knew how to get to each other, versus in different aspects of the military, the job can be a little more secular and separated. ,o this was more like professionally, a bit more of a happy family. There were strange aspects of it, but then, when you take that its a different situation, because the budget. Tself would fluctuate there were times when we did not have the supplies
Others in an transformation of the Ongoing Services in the transformation to this. Very Little Information was available with what was going on in iraq in terms of what the women were doing. They told us there were primary sources of information of the way the women were being used in iraq. Since then a new generation of combat veteran women have emerged welcome home from these conflicts. They have gotten organized and are changing the narrative. They are raising Critical Issues including Sexual Harassment. It is visible on the radio, television and film. But that i will like to get started in and have the opportunity to hear some more of their stories. I am going to introduce each panelist briefly and then we will start with the questions. Nicole beaudoin all the way down at the end. She listed in the u. S. Army in 2001. She was deployed to iraq in july 2003 for 5 months. She was featured in the documentary when i came home. She lives in new york city where she is raising her daughter