Oral History Interview with Laura J. Felten

Keywords: Bettendorf, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa; Gadsden, Alabama; Iowa; Persian Gulf war; Rock Island, Iowa; Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron (VAQ); U.S. Navy; VAQ-139; divorce; home schooling

Keywords: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Bettendorf, Iowa; Des Moines, Iowa; Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS); Sam Cooke; marketing; military entrance processing station (MEPS); music; slogans

Keywords: Chicago, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois; United Service Organizations (USO)

Keywords: Navy Seals; barracks; hell week; uniforms

Keywords: biohazard; biowarfare; gas chamber; scullery

Keywords: friends

Keywords: Assignment Memorandum Order (ASMO); Battle Stations; capping ceremony; exams; hell week; picture day; saluting; sleep deprivation

Keywords: designated; liberty; plane captain; squadron; undesignated

Keywords: Navy Seals; petty officers

Keywords: EA-6B ("Prowler"); Puget Sound; Seattle, Washington; VAQ-139 (Electronic Attack Squadron); Whidbey Island, Washington; first lieutenant; jamming

Keywords: Fleet Week; San Francisco, California; U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln; berthing units; flight deck; galley; hangar bay; temporary additional duty (T.A.D.)

Keywords: Everett, Washington; Fallon, Nevada; Golden Gate Bridge; San Francisco, California; U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln; plane captain; prostitution; streetcars

Keywords: Whidbey Island; flight line; plane captain

Keywords: Canada; Christmas; Deception Pass; Door County, Wisconsin; EA-6B ("Prowler"); Oak Harbor, Washington; VAQ Squadron; alcohol; facilities

Keywords: Okinawa, Japan; Persian Gulf; September 11, 2001; flight line; foreign object or debris (f.o.d.); line shack

Keywords: Fallon, Nevada; backlog; calibration lab; marriage; pregnancy; storeroom supply clerk

Keywords: Appleton, Wisconsin; Incarcerated Veteran Committee; Michigan; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Upper Peninsula; V.A.; Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist; Veterans Justice Program; Veterans Treatment Court; Washington State; Winnebago Mental Health Institute; Wisconsin; Wisconsin Department of Corrections (D.O.C.); civil service exam; incarceration; military pay; prisons; residential care

Keywords: Disabled American Veterans (D.A.V.); Master of Social Work (MSW); Veterans Administration (V.A.); clinical therapy; trauma

Keywords: Child Protective Services; I Am Not Invisible; Loyola University (Chicago); UW-Oshkosh; V.A.; bachelor degree; masters degree; trauma