U.S. AIR FORCE RESERVIST, 13 YEARS OF SERVICE   ASHLEY ON LOVE, ENTITLEMENT, FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS:   I was an army brat, my mother was in the army, she joined when I was nine much to the disagreement of my family as no one wanted her to join. It changed our lives. We were from…

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…

NAVY VETERAN,  2 YEARS OF SERVICE   PAULA, ON NAVAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES INFILTRATING GAY BARS IN THE 70′s, IN AN ERA WHEN ONE COULD BE DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED JUST FOR BEING IN A GAY ESTABLISHMENT:   I enlisted in 1972 and served during the Vietnam War Era. I was the first woman in the Navy to…