Veterans Affairs committee  I read two. The first one was during my time there—halfway through—and the shorter one at the end was after I returned home.

Veterans Affairs committee  I was 21.

Veterans Affairs committee  The neat answer would be, at that point, three months, or the six-month span I was in Latvia. I continued to do work when I was back at home, but obviously the deployment environment is very different. There it is inescapable. I was posted, and with COVID, we weren't allowed to l

Veterans Affairs committee  —inescapable military culture.

Veterans Affairs committee  To answer your last question first, it's a conversation I've had with different friends of mine. I think I would, with a theoretical daughter I might have one day, probably try to discourage her from enlisting, but as a woman who has been in the forces, I would never try to stop

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I worry that I might go over by a minute or two, so I hope you'll forgive me. I'd like to begin by acknowledging the relative privilege I've had in my military experience. Unlike many witnesses who have come before you, and unlike many women who have served