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- Women of the Military
- Publisher |
- Amanda Huffman
- Media Type |
- audio
- Publication Date |
- Jun 02, 2020
- Episode Duration |
- 00:53:22
Although she had a military background with the Army the military never appealed to her. Then her boyfriend decided to join the Coast Guard and she did too. The ended up breaking up with the challenges of a long-distance relationship, but she discovered a career in the Coast Guard that led her to serve over twenty years. There were days between when she signed up to join and left to go to boot camp She was planning to do Health Services, but there was a two year wait for tech school so she decided to a watch stander who stood by and was the first voice ships heard when they were in distress.
She met her husband when they were out at sea. And because they were both part of the same unit their relationship was deemed inappropriate. Since she was the senior enlisted member she took the brunt of the blame. Luckily, the Captain of the ship said that once they got back into port one of them would be moved to a new unit, but needed to stay away from each other for the rest of their time out at sea. That’s what happened and eventually they got married and are still married today.
Next we dove into her mental health journey. She said life kept piling up and she tried her best to keep it all together. She ended up going on a girls weekend trip she ended up having a panic attack and ended up in the hospital. When the doctor told her she had been diagnosed with a sever anxiety attack he also said, but what you really suffered from was a broken heart. That moment when the doctor looked past her wall and saw into who she was ground breaking. She knew she needed help and started to change the trajectory of her life.
Today she is the founder and owner of Navigate Your Freedom and she also works as the Educational Services Facilitator at the Fleet and Family Support Program.
Her advice for women joining the military is to get the tough assignments out of the way early. Get out on a ship, take that deployment opportunity. It will help you for your future.
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Related Episodes:
Mental Health in the Military – Episode 73
10 Things I Learned from Deployment – Episode 64
In the Coast Guard far from Home – Episode 21
Resources:
Women of the Military Mentorship Program
Girl's Guide to Military Service available where books are sold.
Although she had a military background with the Army the military never appealed to her. Then her boyfriend decided to join the Coast Guard and she did too. The ended up breaking up with the challenges of a long-distance relationship, but she discovered a career in the Coast Guard that led her to serve over twenty years. There were days between when she signed up to join and left to go to boot camp She was planning to do Health Services, but there was a two year wait for tech school so she decided to a watch stander who stood by and was the first voice ships heard when they were in distress.
She met her husband when they were out at sea. And because they were both part of the same unit their relationship was deemed inappropriate. Since she was the senior enlisted member she took the brunt of the blame. Luckily, the Captain of the ship said that once they got back into port one of them would be moved to a new unit, but needed to stay away from each other for the rest of their time out at sea. That’s what happened and eventually they got married and are still married today.
Next we dove into her mental health journey. She said life kept piling up and she tried her best to keep it all together. She ended up going on a girls weekend trip she ended up having a panic attack and ended up in the hospital. When the doctor told her she had been diagnosed with a sever anxiety attack he also said, but what you really suffered from was a broken heart. That moment when the doctor looked past her wall and saw into who she was ground breaking. She knew she needed help and started to change the trajectory of her life.
Today she is the founder and owner of Navigate Your Freedom and she also works as the Educational Services Facilitator at the Fleet and Family Support Program.
Her advice for women joining the military is to get the tough assignments out of the way early. Get out on a ship, take that deployment opportunity. It will help you for your future.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Connect with Nicole:
Related Episodes:
Mental Health in the Military – Episode 73
10 Things I Learned from Deployment – Episode 64
In the Coast Guard far from Home – Episode 21
Resources:
Women of the Military Mentorship Program
Girl's Guide to Military Service available where books are sold.
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