AP Photo: Iraq vets Staff Sgt. Ranie Ruthig and Maj. Anastasia Breslow with Sen. Patty Murray
Senators including Patty Murray, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Lisa Murkowski, and Blanche Lincoln have introduced S. 597, the Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act. Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin and co-sponsors have introduced a similar bill, HR 1211, in the House. The following is an exerpt from remarks the author made to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs roundtable on this topic. You can read her full remarks on the blog to which she contributes, VetVoice. The views she presents …

Kayla Williams is a former sergeant and Arabic linguist in a Military Intelligence company of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and served our country in Iraq. This essay is cross-posted from Vet Voice.
I was honored and proud to be invited to the Shout! Art by Women Veterans show put on in San Francisco by Swords to Plowshares, a great organization. It was amazing for me to be around so many other women veterans at one time. Normally, when I go to any veterans’ events, it’s just like my time …