Theresea Carpenter is an active-duty Navy Commander with 25 years of service, including 10 years as an enlisted aviation electrician on the S-3B Viking aircraft. Upon her commissioning in 2006, she became a Surface Warfare Officer and was subsequently accepted into the public affairs community in 2008. She's deployed three times to combat zones. Her programs across numerous commands have resulted in 18 Navy awards for public affairs excellence. She is a joint qualified officer with two master's degrees, one from San Diego State University in Mass Communications and Media Studies, and the other in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. In her off time, she is a blogger and host of the Stories of Service podcast (SOS), which highlights ordinary people from all walks of life who show up in service to their communities. Navy Commander Theresea Carpenter: #YouveGotMettle For more information about Theresa Carpenter or to reach her via social media, please use the links seen below. To purchase her book on Amazon, utilize the link found here. More information about the book, look below the social media links. Thersea's Tapestries | Introduction To Me and What I'm About (Video) | Published Works | S.O.S. (Stories of Service) Podcast Ordinary People Who Do Extraordinary Work on Spotify |  Email Thersea Carpenter SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube Channel |  Purchase the book Theresa Carpenter Co-Authored on Amazon "Complicated Alliances: Accounts of Career Women of the U.S. Armed Forces & Career Women Who Love Men In The U.S. Armed Forces" Paperback – March 25, 2021 ASIN B0915Q8V55 Independently published (March 25, 2021) Paperback: 101 pages ISBN-13:‎ 979-8710377895 https://www.amazon.com/Complicated-Alliances-Accounts-Career-Forces/dp/B0915Q8V55/ 

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Heath Phillips is a Navy Veteran in the Myrtle Beach, SC area. While at sea, he fell victim to 10 months of continuous gang rapes by his shipmates. He turned self medicating via drugs, alcohol, illegal substances and even the idea that the only way to move on is suicide. Heath now identifies as a Male MST Survivor and travels around sharing his personal story and trains service members about sexual harassment, assault, and rape in the military service.

V.O.I.C.E.S. Against Sexual Assault is a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization founded by Army veteran Christy Hinnant who serves as the organizations President. | https://www.voicesagainstsa.org/

In this episode, you hear Christy shares in this episode about the difficulty of her transition out of the military, being sexually assaulted and subsequently diagnosed with chronic PTSD. She found herself dealing with her pain by way of alcohol and winding up in a very dark place contemplating suicide.

RESOURCES

The Veterans Crisis Line can be reach by a couple of different methods:

Their website is https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

Call the hotline at 1-800-273-8255 (24/7) For Veteran Crisis Line, press "1"

Deaf or hard of hearing individuals can call 1-800-799-4889

You may also send a text message to 838255

To chat online, go to https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/get-help/chat/

Stop Soldier Suicide https://stopsoldiersuicide.org/

Can be reached by phone at 1-855-838-8255

Vets for Warriors https://www.vets4warriors.com/

1-855-838-8255

In this episode, in the series "Take A Knee with Tiffany," we hear from Army veteran Olivia Nunn (Lieutenant Colonel, Retired). She shares her story about her time as a Chemical Officer when she experienced a physical assault while on deployment as well as her time as a Public Affairs Officer when she was forced to give a hard look at the impact things had on her own mental health, and the dark time she found herself as she contemplated suicide.

Olivia, #YouveGotMettle

To learn more about Olivia Nunn or to contact her, see below:

LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/olivia-j-nunn          Company Website: workplayobsession.com/team-all-in-foundation/

Company Owner at Olivia Nunn Communications, LLC. Nonprofit Executive Director | Senior Marketing Manager | Podcast Host | Social Media Strategist | Veteran Advocate | Public Speaker | Diversity, Equality & Inclusion RESOURCES

The Veterans Crisis Line can be reach by a couple of different methods:

Their website is https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

Call the hotline at 1-800-273-8255 (24/7) For Veteran Crisis Line, press "1"

Deaf or hard of hearing individuals can call 1-800-799-4889

You may also send a text message to 838255

To chat online, go to https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/get-help/chat/

Stop Soldier Suicide https://stopsoldiersuicide.org/

Can be reached by phone at 1-855-838-8255

Vets for Warriors https://www.vets4warriors.com/

1-855-838-8255

Contact Information ℹ️ for the guests in the series is as follows: Robin "Phoenix" Johnson Founder | CEO | President of Best Medicine Brigade

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi5Epn08nwvYa6Y-v9g2XIw | http://linkedin.com/in/robin-johnson790

Christy Hinnant Founder | CEO | President VOICES Against Sexual Assault

https://www.voicesagainstsa.org/ | http://linkedin.com/in/christyhinnant

Scott DeLuzio Founder of the Drive On Podcast

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Heath Phillips is a Navy Veteran in the Myrtle Beach, SC area. While at sea, he fell victim to 10 months of continuous gang rapes by his shipmates. He turned self medicating via drugs, alcohol, illegal substances and even the idea that the only way to move on is suicide. Heath now identifies as a Male MST Survivor and travels around sharing his personal story and trains service members about sexual harassment, assault, and rape in the military service.

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