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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Cryptologic Technician, Technical, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Childhood moving around the United States; family history of military service; reasons for joining the Navy; reaction of family to enlistment; training as a cryptological technician; first duty station at Whidbey Island, Washington; lack of women in unit; rate of pregnancy among unit; sexual assault in the Navy; being a sexual assault victim advocate at SPAWAR, Chantilly, Virginia; deployments aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson; thoughts on integrated barracks; Shellback Ceremony and hazing; thoughts on women on submarine duty; thoughts on lifting of combat exclusion ban on women; separation from active duty; thoughts on Naval medical system; activity in veterans groups; civilian reaction to service; reflections on military service; second duty station at SPAWAR, Chantilly, Virginia; thoughts on working at a joint command; thoughts on grandmother's service in the Women's Army Corp during the Korean War; advice for future female service members.

Author/Creator:

Weger, Laura Nevada, 1979-

Contributors:

Hedrick, Amy , interviewer

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Laura Nevada Weger, 2013 March 31 [by Weger, L.N.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Subjects:

Weger, Laura Nevada, 1979-

United States Navy — History — Oral history

United States Naval Electronic Systems Command — Space Field Activity — Oral history

United States Navy — Intelligence specialists — Oral history

United States Navy — Petty officers — Biography — Oral history

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States — Oral history

Carl Vinson (Ship) — Oral history

Iraq War, 2003-2011 — Participation, Female — Oral history

Iraq War, 2003-2011 — Naval operations, American — Oral history

Iraq War, 2003-2011 — Electronic intelligence — Oral history

Women veterans — Texas — Biography — Oral history

Aircraft carriers — United States — Oral history

Sexual harassment in the military — Oral history

Sexual harassment — Prevention — Oral history

Sexual harassment — Investigation — Oral history

Sex crimes — Investigations — Oral history

Oral history — Specimens

United States — Armed Forces — Women — Oral history

Oral history

Genres:

Specimens

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1997 for the For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. Interviewer: Amy Hedrick.

Physical Description:

49 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1763

OCLC Numbers:

871202882