Waypoints podcast

Hello long-suffering Waypoints listeners! Inspired by our 25th reunion this past weekend, we are releasing - FINALLY (after 6 weeks of verrry sloooow editing by our wonderful Chief Editor) - Season 3! (We actually started Season 2 earlier and just misnumbered). Season 3 starts with Episode 1, where Kate, Jenn, and Jeannette discuss the 21-month hiatus that Waypoints took. TL; DR: life smacked us all in the faces at the same time.

Please join us as we reboot Waypoints for Season 3. Thank you!

Ten years ago last month, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy was repealed. But what did that policy represent for servicemembers? What was it like to serve before the policy existed as well as during it - and how can we each become more empathic leaders who seek to make our own organizations more inclusive and supporting? This month, CDR (Ret) Zoe Dunning, class of 1985, joined us to generously share her experiences; her stories remind us all that there is still so much more to be done.

Y'all - it's been a while. Let's just say that the chaos of 2020/2021 caught up with us a bit. But we're baaaaack! And who better to kick things off than another great '98er - Coreyanne (Rickwalt) Armstrong, prior SWO, bagpiper extraordinaire, mother of 8, and the energy behind a story that we found incredibly inspiring and eye-opening. Join us for a listen (and thank you to Corey for her patience and courage!). And if you want to learn more - take a look at Corey's work with Oxford House Building Hope (https://buildinghope.net/lend-a-helping-hand).

Roll with us on this one. Chris Haynie and CB Johnson, both '98, joined forces for a long talk about.,.well, we're not really sure because SOMB haven't listened to it yet. But we've been told it's interesting - and knowing both CB and Chris, we bet it is. Both men, classmates, friends, and Marine Corps infantry officers, talk about life... the Corps... and the transformation that can happen when you start questioning the life you've lived. Better than a BOGSATT, we promise!

In this episode of Waypoints, the Sisterhood discusses our personal experience with eating disorders and the prevalence of ED in the uniformed services. Is it our type-A perfectionism that draws us both to uniform and to disordered eating? How can the military better address this serious issue?

This week, Shannon and Jeannette bring Sandy Coward, CAPT (Ret) USN, onto the show. CAPT C, USNA '64, knows his way around a sea story... and he was head of the USNA admissions board in the early 90s, spearheading some of the changes that brought more women to Annapolis and recruiting women to join the amazing class of '98 and the also-amazing class of '98-1. Given the tribulations of 2020 so far, we asked him to talk about his life, career, and how to bring about institutional change. Please join us - and put your feet up. It's a long one!

As summer 2020 commenced in this never-ending year from hell, the Sisterhood of Mother B wanted to discuss racism together on Waypoints. Our group is white - and the burden is on all of us to use our voices, perspectives, and this platform for change. This podcast is awkward and it's humbling, but without forcing ourselves out of our comfort zones, real change won't happen. So join us as we get uncomfortable, learn, and work on getting it right - not being right. And please reach out with comments, ideas, corrections, additions, or reactions.

Please join Shannon and Jeannette as they talk with Trishette (Hall) Neville, USNA '97, about racism, gender, and leadership at USNA and in the military. About the hanging of Confederate flags in Bancroft Hall. About isolation. About how complex and deep racism is, and how the fight against it can be subordinated to other causes. About loneliness and resilience. And, a little bit, about how drill seems like it would be cool but really it isn't. Unless it's not at USNA. Then it's cool. (Or not.)

In episode 24, amidst the turmoil that is 2020, '98er and track star extraordinaire Regina Ware Dixon joins Jenn and Jeannette to talk about USNA, race, the Navy, roommates, and gender... and what, how, and where we can learn if we want to make changes to our world. Also, the Kearsarge was problematic in summer 1996. And we need to check our assumptions. Join us...

In episode 23, Kate and Jeannette interview Phoebe Kotlikoff and Will Harris, both members of USNA Class of 98+15, both submarine officers, and married to each other. Please join us as we talk about breaking submarines (don't ask Kate and Jeannette to explain that part), dual-mil challenges and rewards, allyship and advocacy, and the work we still have to do. And join Kate and Jeannette in celebrating fellow nerds - we must unite!