U.S. ARMY VETERAN, 22.5 YEARS OF SERVICE   TY ON A LIFETIME OF FEELING TRAPPED, AND REFLECTIONS ON WAR:   The military was a safe zone for some one like me. Basically the uniform allowed me to hide my gender for several years. The uniform is very male heterosexual. Because of that, even identifying as…

AIR FORCE VETERAN , 7 YEARS OF SERVICE   LISTEN RAMSAY, ON JOINING THE SERVICE AND A MOTHER’S PREMONITION: ON BEING THE TARGET OF A WITCH HUNT INVESTIGATION, IN OKINAWA, JAPAN: ON BEING SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, AND WHY GOING TO THE POLICE WOULD HAVE COST RAMSAY HER CAREER:   I worked in a steel mill out of high school…