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- Marine Lieutenant General Robert Neller, of East Lansing, Michigan, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the occasion of his nomination to commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. Neller addresses the Marine Corps budget, military sexual assaults, and the Obama administration's strategy in Syria and Iraq. Neller answers questions directed to him by various senators including: John McCain (R-AZ), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), James Inhofe (R-OK), and Joe Manchin (D-WV), along with many others.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Marine Lieutenant General Robert Neller, of East Lansing, Michigan, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the occasion of his nomination to commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. Neller addresses the Marine Corps budget, military sexual assaults, and the Obama administration's strategy in Syria and Iraq. Neller answers questions directed to him by various senators including: John McCain (R-AZ), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), James Inhofe (R-OK), and Joe Manchin (D-WV), along with many others.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- First Lieutenant Merriann E. McBride McKillip, in a presentation at the Glendale Federal Savings and Loan in Laguna Hills, CA, discusses her service in the U.S. Army Reserve Ordnance Corp and her deployment for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. McKillip talks about graduating from ROTC in 1986, the job of the Ordinance Corps to deploy transportation and field service units and being sent to Korea, Honduras, and Japan on training exercises. She also talks about the role of women in the service, women in command positions, gender discrimination in the military, and adapting to everyday life in Saudi Arabia. McKillip answers questions from the audience about sexual assault in the military, female soldiers who are pregnant at the time of deployment, how military families deal with childcare during mobilization, and the growing number of women in the military. Ends abruptly. The recording is introduced by Vivian Peterson.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-11-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project