Being a female in a leadership position within the Military

br Being A Female In a Leadership Position Within The Military

The life of a woman in active Army service is not made up of cherries and cotton candy . Active military life requires me to constantly overcome various obstacles that are placed within my path on a daily basis . But unlike the other women who quit instead of trying to overcome the difficulties so that they can advance to the senior level positions I chose to stay on and prove that I am somebody who will always muster the courage to become a

worthy counterpart of the male soldier . I cannot blame the women who leave the service before they reach the senior grade levels though . Sometimes , the obstacles seem insurmountable and endless so that it seems like it is no longer worth the effort to keep on fighting . The reality is that the Army was developed by males and having females come into their ranks as soldiers and officers simply does not sit well with a vast majority of these people

Male soldiers want to believe that women will forever be weak and feeble creatures . Which is why it will take a immensely strong and influential female role model , a female in active service who will accomplish something so admirable that it will be impossible for the men to ignore the accomplishment to change the male perception . Such an embodiment of female leadership will also finally give the female soldiers a leader whom they can emulate , idolize , and hope to be in the future . The question female soldiers are now left with is Where do we find such a woman to lead us

I have seen some females who could be the role model we seek but because they are opinionated and sometimes seem more masculine than the males in an effort to make themselves heard , these women get administratively charged and then fired or worse , they voluntarily leave because of the frustration they feel I will admit that building a career as a female Army leader carries tremendous stress and frustration because we have to constantly prove ourselves , sometimes while facing overwhelming odds . We know very well that the men want to see us fail and the higher leaders already talk down to us and undermine our confidence and ability to think as strong minded females , we still voice our opinions -- but at a cost to our femininity

When I was serving at Camp Taji in Iraq , there was a woman who came to the brigade and it seemed like the entire female population of the camp was discussing who she was and where she came from . Before she arrived on camp , we had a male leader who pretty much did not understand , or did not care that the female soldiers where not complying with the regulations . Maybe he was afraid of being reported for sexual harassment if he called a female on a violation . All of that changed when our female leader arrived

We began to take...