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American Women Warriors' Road Back Home

Kirsi Crowley, Author
Veterans' Stories, page 9 of 28

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Linda Stanley's Reasons


"Team spirit, service for others"

A retired Major, combat nurse Linda Stanley joined the military at a time when military conflicts still had traditional frontlines. She attended nursing school after her first child was born nearly 20 years ago. In those days, there were choices of employment. Nurses were needed in civilian hospitals so becoming a military nurse was not the only career option to her. She ended up serving with the Army and the Air Force.

"I wanted to see the world and travel. Originally I joined the military to go to Hawaii. But as time went on, I realized I really liked military nursing, the team spirit and camaraderie," she remembers. Serving her country and the people who also served became her life-long passion and she fully expected to be employed in the military until retirement. She felt that her family supported her every decision, so leaving to serve was easy.

"I always expected I would go to war. I was always the first person to deploy, whether it was humanitarian or another conflict, because I trained for those people, who need me."
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