Stephanie Casado

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses her early childhood, higher education and her reasons for joining the military.

Keywords: Air Force; Charlottesville, Virginia; Community College; Cryptology; Denver, Colorado; Enlistment motivation; Family; Higher education; Indecision; James Madison University; Language; Military; Navy; Recruiter; Russian language; Siblings; Tuscon, Arizona; Upbringing

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses changing her job from Cryptology to Personnel and her duties in Personnel Management.

Keywords: 1999; 2nd Class Petty Officer; Boot Camp; Cryptology; Customer Service; Dry dock; Kutztown University; Military Personnel; Military rank; MOS (Military Occupational Specialty); Navy; Newport News, Virginia; Personnel Management; Transition to civilian life; USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses her father's decision to protest the Vietnam War and her family's reaction to her enlistment in the Navy. She also discusses her upbringing and the importance of developing the attribute, resilience.

Keywords: Adventure; Anti-war movement; Art; Books; Canada; Civilian life; Draft dodger; Extracurricular activities; Family; Hippies; Reading; Resilience; Siblings; Student veterans; Vietnam War

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses her experience at basic training.

Keywords: Basic training; Boot camp; Camraderie; Cohesion; Fear; Gas chamber; Loneliness; Millenium; Navy; Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois; Sleep deprivation; Unity; Y2K; Year 2000 Problem

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses her technical training to become Personnel Management in the Navy.

Keywords: Administration; Captain's mast; Class A School; Customer service; Little Creek, Virginia; Naval Air Station Meridian; Personnel Management; Technical training

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses how Christianity influenced her desire to help her fellow service members.

Keywords: Administration; Christianity; Customer service; Humanization; Integrity; Personal interactions; Personnel Support Detachment; Religion

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses the transition from basic training to military life. She also explains her desire to be excellent in the rigid structure of military life.

Keywords: Excellence; Fort Story; Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek; Little Creek, Virginia; Mentor; Military life; Muster; Sea duty; Shore duty; Spouse; Transition; Uniform

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses the differences between Sea Duty and Shore Duty.

Keywords: Dry dock; Sea duty; Shore duty

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses what it was like working in the military post-9/11.

Keywords: Alert level; Cellular phones; Deployment; Duty; Family; Fear; Military targets; Patriotism; Spouse; Tension; Transition to civilian life

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses the readiness and eagerness of the military after September 11, 2001.

Keywords: Deployment; Duration of deployment; Eagerness; Excitement; Peacetime; Sea duty; Spouse; Wartime

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses meeting her husband in the military and why they decided to leave the military.

Keywords: Children; Deployment; Divorce; Electronics technician; New York; Personnel Management; Spouse

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses the intricacies of transitioning from military life to civilian life.

Keywords: Camaraderie; Career; Combat; Customer service; Executive Assistant; Information Technology; New York City; Purpose; Resilience; Transition to civilian life

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses the role the military plays in helping soldiers transition to civilian life and how the military can improve. She specifically mentions the meaningful work of civilian nonprofit organizations.

Keywords: Career; Civilian resources; Mental health support services; Nonprofit organizations; Physical diabilities; Purpose; Unemployment

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses her family's move to Pennsylvania, and the difficulties of returning to college.

Keywords: College; Counseling; Easton, Pennsylvania; Family; GI Bill; Pennsylvania; Veterans assistance

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses her undergraduate and graduate degree, and her experience as a teacher.

Keywords: Adult education; Art history; Career; Daughter; Delaware College of Art and Design; Family; Graduate degree; Teacher; Undergraduate degree

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses her life as a Coordinator of Veterans Services at Kutztown University and the importance of this facility for student service members and student veterans.

Keywords: Benefits; Camaraderie; Coordinator of Veterans Services; Counseling; GI Bill; Kutztown University; Student Veteran Emergency Fund; Support system; Veterans Lounge Facility

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie explains what green zone training is and how this training is used to help faculty and staff teach student service members and veterans.

Keywords: Military Veterans Advocacy; Transition to civilian life

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie explains why there are often wide gaps between military and civilian populations, and what we, as a society, can do to bridge these gaps.

Keywords: Civilian population; Communication; Intimidation; Kutztown University; Military Community; Moral burden of war; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Sacrifice; Sebastian Junger; Student volunteers; Veterans Town Hall

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Segment Synopsis: Stephanie discusses the benefits and drawbacks of joining the military.

Keywords: Benefits of military; Daughter; Drawbacks of joining the military; Enlistment motivation; Family; Recruiters