Deborah Ford
SDPB War Stories - Navy Veteran Deborah Ford, 2008
Deborah Ford, 2008
- Branch of Service: United States Navy
- Highest Rank: E - 7
- Military Service: Enlisted, October 1984 - May 2005
Topics:
0:00 - Father retired from Navy; joined Navy; lived on bases entire life; son also in Navy
3:58 - Supply and logistics; enlisted in 1984; Cold War
6:53 - Sexual harassment and sexism; training; still happens
17:45 - Operations on an island
19:52 - Stereotypes of women in the military; military life
23:00- Works at VA; concerned about her son in the Navy
25:30 - Member of ESGA (Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve)
27:23 - 20-year Navy career with family
Recorded at a live event in Sioux Falls.
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