Pain
Posted in: Family, Female Marine, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, Women Marines AssociationBy Sue Kaszynski It is almost 11:30 at night. I am way beyond exhausted. I am typing this on my phone and myhands can hardly hold it and I keep having spasms. But I figured now was a good time todiscuss my next topic; PAIN. Everyone has felt pain at one point or another. Mental,
Elizabeth Redfern Newberg USMCWR
Posted in: Family, History, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, WWIIMrs Newburg is celebrating her 100th birthday and her family is requesting cards. Please join the Women Marines Association in wishing her a VERY happy 100th Birthday and thank her for her service. Elizabeth Redfern was born in Titus County shortly after the First World War. The family later moved to Marshall, where she attended
A LEAP OF FAITH
Posted in: Life After the Corps, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WMA, Women Marines AssociationBy Sue Kaszynski Ok here goes. I am going to qualify this. I have never hidden the fact that I have a very strong belief and faith in God. But I also have tried very hard not to shove my belief system down anyone’s throat. I hope just living my life to the best of
Overcoming Brand Stereotypes as a Female Veteran
Posted in: Female Marine, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, Professional Development, Social Media, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, Women Marines Association, Womens IssuesBy Tralene Hunston Women have been serving in the U.S. military for more than a century. As the years have passed, female service members’ roles, conflicts and responsibilities have shifted, ultimately progressing opportunities for the female service member. Today, female veterans make up 10% of the veteran population. However, while the female veterans’ population and the opportunities
Taking a Stand
Posted in: Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, Sexual Harrassment, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, Womens IssuesBy Sue Kaszynski I have always been an outspoken mouthy individual. Even as a kid I didn’t hesitate to argue with authority figures if I felt I was right. For some reason I never got into trouble for it. I’m not sure if it was because I only did it when I knew I was
WINIFRED BAER HODGIN
Posted in: Boot Camp, Conflicts, Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WMA, Women Marines Association, WWIIWWII USMCWR By: Jon D, Hodgin She was born Winifred Baer on a dairy farm near the small town of Callicoon, New York on August 13, 1922. She graduated high school and then attended Albany State Teacher’s College, where she obtained a degree in education at the age of 19. She taught high school for
Sgt Emily Rowe Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard
Posted in: Female Marine, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, WMASgt Emily Rowe was born on July 30th, 1994 in Billings, Montana to Leslie and Samuel Boor. The family lived in Roundup, Montana, where Samuel was a doctor and Leslie worked as a nurse at Roundup Memorial Healthcare. In 1995, they moved to Wolf Point, Montana where they lived on a sheep farm with dogs,
Sgt Amy Carter Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard
Posted in: Female Marine, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, ValuesI grew up and lived in Florence, SC. All of my family were loggers so most of my childhood was spent out in the woods playing with my twin brother. I have always loved horses and I started off my riding career when I got my first horse at the age of 13. She was
Sgt Ursula Fortenbacher Oleksy 1923 – 2020
Posted in: Female Marine, History, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WMA, WWIIBY: Dave Olesky Ursula Oleksy, who passed away July 12, 2020 at the age of 97. She was born on April 3, 1923 in NYC. She enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 7, 1952 from NYC. She was stationed in both San Diego, CA as well as Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was promoted to
The Painful Truth
Posted in: Female Marine, Life After the Corps, Military, Personal Stories, USMC, Values, veterans, WMA, Womens IssuesBy Sue Kaszynski I was according to the nuns “pale, frail and puny”. I definitely had health issues. I didn’t like to eat. I could eat whatever I wanted and never gained weight. I had what the doctors originally called growing pains ( I would have such pain in my legs that my dad would
All In the Family
Posted in: Family, Female Marine, History, Korean, Life After the Corps, Marine Corps, Military, Personal Stories, Professional Development, USMC, Values, veterans, Vietnam, WMA, WWI, WWIIGenerations of Military Service Families carry strong traditions from generation to generation. It may be how they celebrate a holiday. It can be traditional foods from the countries of parents and before. Many celebrate generations of military service. We feature for you here some of those generations with our female Marine families.. From:Cheryl June Auth
Saying Goodbye
Posted in: Female Marine, Life After the Corps, Personal Stories, USMC, veterans, WMA, Women Marines AssociationBy: Sue Kaszynski My plan for this blog was kind of doing an introduction ( which I did) then kind of tell a story of my life so you the reader had an idea how I have gotten here and how I have become the person I am today. But life happened. Something too important