Interview with Ashley N. Branson, January 11, 2013
Project: American Veterans: Kentucky National Guard Agriculture Development Team Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Sergeant Ashley N. Branson was a member of ADT-2. In this interview, she discusses the status of women in the military, mission planning, the September 11th terrorist attacks and counter-insurgency strategies, among other topics.Interview Accession
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9/11 ADT ADT missions Afghan culture Afghan interpreters Afghan society Afghan women Agribusiness Development Team attacks Bagram Bagram Airfield (Afghanistan) counter-insurgency strategies counterinsurgency dangers deployment family IEDs interpreters Junior ROTC Kentucky National Guard memories mission planning missions R&R break Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) rest and relaxation rest and relaxation break ROTC September 11th, 2001 sexual harassment Skype strategies strategy stress unit bonding volunteering women in the military womens' empowermentInterview LC Subject
Afghanistan--Social conditions. Afghanistan--Social life and customs. Afghans. Bagram Airfield Afghanistan. Bamyan (Afghanistan). Branson, Ashley N., 1987- Branson, Ashley N., 1987- --Interviews Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan. Improvised explosive devices Insurgency Kapisa (Afghanistan). Nation-building--Afghanistan. Nation-building. Panjshir (Afghanistan). Parvan (Afghanistan). September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. Sexual harassment in the military. Women Women soldiersInterview Rights
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Branson, Ashley N. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 11 Jan. 2013. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Branson, A.N. (2013, January 11). Interview by J. Suchanek. American Veterans: Kentucky National Guard Agriculture Development Team Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Branson, Ashley N., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. January 11, 2013, American Veterans: Kentucky National Guard Agriculture Development Team Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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