support our troops

Girls who fight for their right to party, among other things
There are all kinds of variations in accents and vocabulary across the country, but sometimes when I’m around members of the military it can feel like they’re not even speaking English. As a salute to our troops, HC has compiled a list of military jargon so you can begin to understand the lingo! Just don’t go listing “Military” as a Foreign Language on your resume.
Even after graduating, most college students spend years before they know what they’ll be doing the rest of their lives, but U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Leela J. Gray knew her path by the time she was a sophomore at Elon University in 1986.
When you think “military woman”, what comes to mind? Probably not long hair, med school and no regrets, right? Well, it turns out that’s what you should be thinking, at least some of the time! Her Campus chatted with Amina Moghul and Sarah Allen, two young women in their early twenties, about life as they know it. They’re pretty similar to us—the one big difference?
Shawna Sinnott wakes up between 0430 and 0500 every weekday. The Harvard University senior rolls out of bed, passes the ballerina posters mounted on her wall and heads for her closet, fully stocked with ball gowns, bikinis and Marine Corps Dress Blues.