You've written books about being the spouse of a wounded warrior and about being a female soldier. What was uniquely difficult about being a woman in the military? A The vast majority of challenges that I faced in the military were not exclusive to women. But I was acutely aware that, as a minority, I didn't represent just myself. If a man had some sort of breakdown during our deployment to Iraq, it was, "Oh, Joe couldn't take it." But if a woman broke down, it was, "See, this is why women don't belong in a combat zone."
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