Oral History Interview with Constance A. Walker

Keywords: Norwich, New York; State University of New York – Potsdam; Syracuse, New York; United States Navy; caregiving; college education; recruitment; women in the military

Keywords: Bonwit Teller (store); Boston, Massachussetts; Drill Instructor (DI); Iranian Students; Navigation; Newport, Rhode Island; Officer Candidate School (OCS); Third Class Swim Test; bribery; competition; graduation; international soldiers; mentors; women in the military

Keywords: Bachelor Officer Quarters (BOQ); Dirigible Hangars; Hindenberg Crash; Legal officer; Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey; New York City, New York; Personnel officer; Pine Barrens; ensign (O-1); officer of the watch duty; sexism; training exercises

Keywords: Chaplain; Guam; Typhoon Rita; USS Hunley (submarine); marriage; military family; military spouse; pregnancy

Keywords: 1982 Diamond Crash; Admiral Jerry Breast; Charleston, South Carolina; Navy Safety Center; Navy Seals; Norfolk, Virginia; Temporary Additional Duty (TAD); The Citadel, The military College of South Carolina; assistant safety officer; graduate degree; leadership development; liquid oxygen; physical fitness tests; training aides

Keywords: Caspar Weinberger; Chernobyl; Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); Iran-Contra affair; John Anthony Walker Jr.; National Photographic Interpretation Center; Operation El Dorado Canyon; Soviet Military Power (journal, magazine 1981-1990); Soviet Union; suicide

Keywords: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Central Intelligence Joint Intelligence Team; Colin Luther Powell; Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA); Joint Command; Lieutenant General James A. Williams; The Pentagon

Keywords: National Security Agency (NSA); Naval Support Group Activity (NSGA); Top Secret Clearance; cocaine; drug testing; human rights; privacy rights

Keywords: American Red Cross; Delayed Entry Program; Gulf War; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Kazakhstan; Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS); enlistment; patriotism

Keywords: El Paso, Texas; Juárez, Mexico; Laredo, Texas; Navy Ball; San Antonio, Texas; gangs; recruiting

Partial Transcript: Norfolk, Virginia - Fleet and Family Services Center

Keywords: Admiral Larry Roy Marsh; Fleet and Family Services Center; Navy Personnel Command; Norfolk, Virginia; Old Dominion University; Personal Readiness and Community Support (PERS-6); USS Iowa; adult education; casualty assistance; child abuse; domestic violence; graduate degree; military family; social workers

Keywords: Adjunct General Donald P. Dunbar; I Am Not Invisible (IANI); Norfolk, Virginia; Sexual Assault Victim Intervention (SAVI); administrative management; funding; military sexual assault (MST); personnel management; reporting; sexual assault; women in the military

Subjects: Family Advocacy Progam (FAP); Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF); Persian Gulf War; Rear Admiral John Kirby; civilians; domestic violence; gun rights; military family; military spouse; social workers; spouse employment

Keywords: Admiral Barbara E. McGann; Air Medal; Navy Recruiting District Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Second World War veteran; recruiters; shore duty; suicide

Keywords: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sean O'Keefe (NASA); military family; promotion; recruiters

Keywords: Millington, Tennessee; Naval Support Activity Mid-South; Navy Personnel Command, Personal Readiness and Community Support (PERS-6); Navy Recruiting Command (NRC); USS Cole (DDG-67); USS Cole bombing; captain (O-6); casualty assistance; chaplain; commander (O-5); promotion; recruiting

Keywords: 9/11/2001; Admiral Barbara E. McGann; Chief of Staff; Continuity of Operations Plans; National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR); Navy Recruiting Command; September 11, 2001; Terrorism

Keywords: Army Reserve; Delayed Entry Program (DEP); George Volker; National Guard; Navy Recruiting Command Headquarters; Recruiting; Scott Slocum; September 11, 2001; Stop-loss

Keywords: Captain (O-6); Department of Defense inspector general; Inspector General (IG); Leonardtown, Maryland; Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR); Navy audit service; Vice Admiral Patricia Ann Tracey; flag officer; military family

Keywords: Inspector General (IG)

Keywords: Administrative discharge; Fort Story, Virginia; Kuwait; Medical discharge; Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)

Keywords: Behavioral health services; Calvert county, Maryland; Charles county, Maryland; Crisis intervention; Frederick, Maryland; James "Jamie" Dean; Leonardtown, Maryland; Mental health services; Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Senate Veterans Affairs Committee; St. Mary's county, Maryland

Keywords: 8th judicial district, Wisconsin; Community Veteran’s Engagement Boards (CVEB); Daniel J. Zimmerman; Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR); James “Jim” Quattromani; Judge Kendall Kelley; Madison, Wisconsin; Telehealth; The Veterans Community Action Network of South-Central Wisconsin (VetsCAN); Veterans treatment court; Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs (WDVA); Wisconsin Veteran’s Home (King, Wisconsin); social workers

Keywords: Caregivers; Chaplains; Dishonorable discharge; Post 9/11 veterans; Veterans Outreach and Recovery Program (VORP); Wisconsin Woman Veteran of the Year; administrative discharges; women veterans

Keywords: Cognitive Symptom Management and Rehabilitation Therapy (CogSMART); National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI); Post 9/11 Veterans; Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); burnout; caregivers; military family