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Women of the MilitaryServing as a Nurse During Desert StormSee full show notes here: https://www.airmantomom.com/2024/03/janet-hudson/Related podcast episodes:Episode 247: VA Health Care and DisabilityEpisode 206: What does the PACT Act mean for you?Connect with Janet:janethudsonforhealth@gmail.com865.604.0895https://lifewave.com/janethudsonhttps://startx39now.comhttps://calendly.com/janethudson
Resources:Women of the Military Mentorship ProgramGirl's Guide to Military Service available where books are sold. Signed copies of A Girl's Guide to Military Service2024-04-0936 min
Contagion EffectEpisode 73 - Amanda HuffmanAmanda Huffman, a, Air Force veteran turned Mom and Author joined us this week. We learned about her journey to joining the Air Force. One not like the many we have heard. Not a lot of family members had previously been in the military. She gained her knowledge through what happened during 9/11. While in College she made the decision that she wanted to join. Due to a conversation with a friend took a longer journey to get there, but ended up becoming a Civil Engineer in the Air Force. Amanda shared some stories about her 9 month deployed in Afghanistan...2023-07-071h 28
The Female Veterans PodcastThe Veterans Day Episode 11112020: Amanda Huffman Of Women Of The Military Podcast Shares Her Surprising StoryAfter a great experience in ROTC Amanda gets deployed. What happens next actually took me by surprise. But of course, I shouldn't have been. A base can be a lot like high school campus after all. Find out what made Amanda decided to leave the Air Force in this episode. We also discuss her transition to civilian life, how she overcame her obstacles and her advice for you. Learn what led Amanda to start a podcast and write her books. Amanda also appears on my live stream show Hot Topics Live on the Hot Topics Live Facebook page and n...2020-11-121h 04
Women of the MilitaryWhat Military Branch Should I Join - Episode 82What Branch Should I Join?Deciding to join the military is a big decision on its own, but it isn’t where the decisions end. There are six branches of the military that you can serve in. The Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, Marine Corps, and Space Force. Each branch has its own culture and mission and making sure to pick the one that fits you best is an important step when joining the military. You also need to consider if you would like to serve on active duty, in the National Guard or Reserves. There is...2020-07-0727 min
Women of the MilitaryHow A Care Package Created A BusinessThis episode is sponsored by Ashleigh Magee Coaching. you’d like to learn more, send Ashleigh an email to admin@AshleighMaGee.comChelsea has received multiple recognition awards to include the Small Business Administration Person of the Year Award, Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, Cova Gives Back Award, Microsoft #EmpowerPossibility Award, Verizon Salute Award and Innovator of the Year.She was planning to join the Navy and had started her officer package in her last year of college. But the recruiter she had been working with retired and didn’t submit her package and no one could find...2020-05-1247 min
Former Action Guys PodcastEp. 039 - Capt Amanda HuffmanAmanda Huffman is a former United States Air Force civil engineering officer that attached to a United States Army Provisional Reconstruction Team for a deployment to Afghanistan in 2010. She now hosts the Women of the Military Podcast.Amanda is the first Air Force person I've had on the show so it was interesting comparing and contrasting my former life as an enlisted Marine to her former life as an Air Force officer. Especially, since we both worked as advisors that interacted closely with our Aghan counterparts. Amanda details the struggles of trying to succeed at the...2020-03-232h 09
Women of the MilitaryOvercoming Rape in the Military - Episode 58Ruthie served in the US Army for 8.5 years. She was stationed in California, Kentucky, Georgia, and Texas. She also did a 12-month tour in Afghanistan. she separated from the Army as a Staff Sergeant (E-6) in 2015. After staying at home for several months, she went back to work as a federal contractor in Maryland.
When she became pregnant with her fourth child, she decided to start freelance writing on the side. Closer to her delivery date, she decided she wanted to quit my job and grow her business full time. Now, she runs a boutique content marketing...2020-01-2147 min
Women of the MilitaryThe Importance of Self-Care - Episode 50A little over a month ago I found out that a biopsy of a mole on my leg came back positive for melanoma. And I was very lucky because they found it in the earliest stage and were able to remove it and I can now say I am cancer-free. But the reality of that situation isn’t that they found it because I was being proactive about my health. In fact, I was just really lucky. This week on the podcast I wanted to talk about how this incident opened my eyes to a whole part of self-care I...2019-11-2622 min
Women of the MilitaryMourning the Loss of Military Service - Episode 47In episode 47 of the Women of the Military, I am sharing my experience of going through the grief process as I lost a part of myself when I left the military. The more I learned and reflected on the process I realized I had gone through the four stages (Reeling, Feeling, Dealing, and Healing) and I spent a lot of time stuck in the second phase because I was unaware I needed to deal with how I was feeling so I discussed how I did that and where I am today.
The four stages of grief are...2019-11-0526 min