For the Women Veterans Oral History Project. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Cryptologic Technician, Technical, Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Childhood moving around the United States; family history of military service; reasons for joining the Navy; reaction of family to enlistment; training as a cryptological technician; first duty station at Whidbey Island, Washington; lack of women in unit; rate of pregnancy among unit; sexual assault in the Navy; being a sexual assault victim advocate at SPAWAR, Chantilly, Virginia; deployments aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson; thoughts on integrated barracks; Shellback Ceremony and hazing; thoughts on women on submarine duty; thoughts on lifting of combat exclusion ban on women; separation from active duty; thoughts on Naval medical system; activity in veterans groups; civilian reaction to service; reflections on military service; second duty station at SPAWAR, Chantilly, Virginia; thoughts on working at a joint command; thoughts on grandmother’s service in the Women’s Army Corp during the Korean War; advice for future female service members.