Today marks the day that women are “officially” allowed in the maneuver battalions. I’m not going to re-hash the long trail of tears over how we got to this day: the short version...
Sometimes the most eloquent thing I can say about a subject is “I call bullshit”. Look, I work. I’m a mom. One of my best friends in the entire world is a stay at home...
Let me tell you a story. When I was a company commander, we gave an article 15 to a soldier for smoking pot. So what, right? She was pregnant. It was...
This week saw the backlash against Rush Limbaugh’s hateful comments go into full swing and my tweets and blog post were part of that. I said my piece because the attacks on women’s right to decide...
I took a brief hiatus from twitter/facebook over the last weekend because the rhetoric was getting my blood pressure up and well, to spare the people around me endless rants about the stupidity in our...
I’ve become somewhat of an accidental feminist lately. I’ve struggled mightily with my religion’s stance on birth control and finally accepted that, well, I’m just a bad catholic....
Today has been a ranty mcrantypants day for me. Here’s just one thing that got my blood pressure up. My lieutenants used to laugh at me when I would say it’s not what you know, it’s...
All the talk in the media lately about Soldiers and PTSD got me thinking about why the media is so quick to jump in and find any link to deploying to Iraq...
Folks, I’m a fan of Support Our Troops. I am truly grateful that the nation has supported soldiers and our military brethren despite opposing the war. That is a good thing, a...
A couple of nights ago, I had a conversation with my 7 year old daughter. Now, it’s not like the conversation is the thing to remark on. We talk all the time. Most of the time,...
