Looking to connect with current female cadet for piece

[crazydaisy1321]

Hi, I'm a midsib of a USNA youngster. I am writing a piece called "Why Future Female Leaders Should Attend a U.S. Military Service Academy", and I would love to connect with a current, female coastie to ask a few questions.

 

[Capt MJ]

Best wishes for an informative journey as you research and write this piece.

As a former Navy leader who happens to have 2 X chromosomes, I would venture to say from my close observations of USNA and peripheral associations with the other service academies, and other pre-comm programs, women and men should want to attend the service academies for generally the same reasons: to serve, to challenge themselves, to gain professional skills, to gain experience that will be valuable for a lifetime, to exchange years of their lives for a quality college degree and a choice of interesting career paths, to enjoy the unique and deep bonds that bind classmates and graduates together. Women have attended in increasing numbers since those first brave souls in the late 70’s.

I never aspired to be a future female leader. All I wanted to be was a naval officer, a leader, a good shipmate and team player, and mostly someone who earned the respect of my people. The female thing I left out of the equation as irrelevant in most circumstances.

 

[A1Janitor]

Best wishes for an informative journey as you research and write this piece.

As a former Navy leader who happens to have 2 X chromosomes, I would venture to say from my close observations of USNA and peripheral associations with the other service academies, and other pre-comm programs, women and men should want to attend the service academies for generally the same reasons: to serve, to challenge themselves, to gain professional skills, to gain experience that will be valuable for a lifetime, to exchange years of their lives for a quality college degree and a choice of interesting career paths, to enjoy the unique and deep bonds that bind classmates and graduates together. Women have attended in increasing numbers since those first brave souls in the late 70’s.

I never aspired to be a future female leader. All I wanted to be was a naval officer, a leader, a good shipmate and team player, and mostly someone who earned the respect of my people. The female thing I left out of the equation as irrelevant in most circumstances.

Hopefully this piece will get males and females alike to understand this and apply it.

 

[Hockey10]

DD's (USMMA 2017) comment several years ago. "If you want equality, be equal. If you want to get ahead, be better than equal." Yes, she said she had to prove herself more often than the guys, but would never accept gender discrimination as an excuse.

 

[crazydaisy1321]

Thought you all may enjoy the finished product.

5 Young Women Share Their Experiences At United States Service Academies - Future Female Leaders

I interviewed female cadets and midshipmen from our military service academies to find out their experiences at these historic institutions.

futurefemaleleader.com

 

[scooter2u]

Hi, I'm a midsib of a USNA youngster. I am writing a piece called "Why Future Female Leaders Should Attend a U.S. Military Service Academy", and I would love to connect with a current, female coastie to ask a few questions.

you can google "coast guard academy blogs" to find someone.

 

[VelveteenR]

Oh, my! Based on the thread title, I thought I was on Tinder there for a minute. Phew! Carry on.

 

[kinnem]

Heck, I was getting ready to delete the thread based on the title alone. Glad I read it. The word 'news' before 'piece' would have been helpful.

 

[VelveteenR]

Yes, “news” would have helped. I just thought “a” was missing.

 

[Bash On]

you can google "coast guard academy blogs" to find someone.

The article is already done and published--see the post above yours. It turned out to be a couple or so paragraphs of narrative and a number of standalone quotes.