Interview Date: May 3, 2011
Rebecca Stinsky grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania and joined the Marine Corps as an air frames mechanic after high school. In this interview, she talks about her life growing up with military parents and her decision to join the Marine Corps. Stinsky talks about her experiences through boot camp, switching to the reserves, and flying missions on deployment. She also describes the difficulties of transitioning into ...
Interview Date: December 9, 2010
In this interview, graduate student Annette Bickett talks about her experiences as a Marine Corps Air Support Officer. The daughter of a United States Marine Corps veteran and a Danish mother, Bickkett was born in Houston, Texas and moved to Denmark with her mother at the age of twelve. After graduating from college with a business degree, she returned to Houston, Texas after 9/11. Bickett joined ...
Interview Date: May 28, 2010
Tyler Gayheart joined the Marine Corps after graduating from high school. In this interview, Gayheart discusses growing up, his decision to become a Marine, and his experiences in boot camp. Gayheart also describes his time in Hawaii before being deployed to Afghanistan and his experiences in preparing for combat overseas. He discusses being in Afghanistan itself, including engaging in combat and the downtimes between missions. In ...
