by Jessica Scott | May 20, 2012 | army officers, leadership, Rants, Uncategorized, women at war
I’ve been following the entire discussion about women going to Ranger school for a little while now. Like since I commissioned. Back when I was at Fort Benning for Officer Candidate school, we had the discussion about women going to the school. Was it really about the...
by Jessica Scott | May 16, 2012 | deployment, Iraq, leadership, Rants, Uncategorized, women at war
Today marks the day that women are “officially” allowed in the maneuver battalions. I’m not going to re-hash the long trail of tears over how we got to this day: the short version is this is a good thing. But it’s not that big of a thing in the grand scheme of an army...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 12, 2012 | moms at war, Rants, Uncategorized, women at war, working mom
Sometimes the most eloquent thing I can say about a subject is “I call bullshit”. Look, I work. I’m a mom. One of my best friends in the entire world is a stay at home mom. And you know what that makes us? Both moms. We respect each other’s choices. I will never, ever...
by Jessica Scott | Feb 16, 2012 | Rants, Uncategorized, women at war, working mom
I’ve become somewhat of an accidental feminist lately. I’ve struggled mightily with my religion’s stance on birth control and finally accepted that, well, I’m just a bad catholic. I always figure I’m about one step away from excommunication anyway, so there’s that,...
by Jessica Scott | Jan 12, 2012 | army officers, Iraq, leadership, military mom, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war, working mom, Writing
I wrote a piece for the New York Times At War blog through Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. I hope you’ll swing over and check it out. http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jessica-scott/
by Jessica Scott | Jan 4, 2012 | army officers, company command, deployment, leadership, Predeployment, random, Rants, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war
Folks, I’m a fan of Support Our Troops. I am truly grateful that the nation has supported soldiers and our military brethren despite opposing the war. That is a good thing, a thing that our brothers and sisters who fought in the Vietnam War worked tirelessly to...