Ten years of writing about who gets to serve.

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Featured

• The Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln Deserve BetterThe Atlantic · Aug 2026
• My Grandmother Kept Telling Us About the Nazis. Now I Know Why.NYT Magazine · Jan 2020
• The Botched Niger Mission Was a Leadership Failure. I've Seen It Happen Before.The New York Times · Feb 2019
• The Many Roles of Women in War: Sniper, Pilot, Death Camp GuardThe New York Times · Aug 2018
• Military Must Move Beyond Integration to InclusionDefense One · Sep 2024
• Empathy Is the Missing Piece to Suicide PreventionUSNI Proceedings · Aug 2022
• To Understand the SEALs' Cultural Problems, Ask the WomenUSNI Proceedings · Dec 2019
• Forgotten Pioneers: Women Who Paved the Way for Combat IntegrationFirst Prize, 2016 Essay ContestNaval History · Dec 2016

Antisemitism and Jewish service

• What Does It Mean to Be a Jewish Veteran and Zionist in America?Newsweek · Nov 2024 · with Steven Katz

The War Horse

• Finding Empowerment in Choice, Asking for Help, and the Journey to Build a FamilyThe War Horse · Apr 2024
• The Military Gave Her a Shared Sense of Purpose, but the Navy Was Not a HomeThe War Horse · Jan 2018

CNAS

• Women Are the Most Visible Servicemembers, and the Most Invisible VeteransCNAS · Mar 2018
• The Strategic Corporal: Send Non-Commissioned Officers to CollegeCNAS · Feb 2019

USNI Proceedings and Naval History

• CNO, Are You Listening? Why Uniforms Matter to Female OfficersUSNI Proceedings · Aug 2018
• Planners Need to Take Gender into AccountUSNI Proceedings · Feb 2018

Analysis and scholarship

• Don't Penalize Service Members Who Don't Have Kids (GI Bill)Military.com · Feb 2023
• Women, Peace, and Security at TwentyThe Strategy Bridge · Apr 2020
• “Why Are You Trying to Destroy the Last Good Thing Men Have?”Intl. Feminist Journal of Politics · 2018 · peer-reviewed

Books and anthologies

• Vicomte's VoyageFictionA novel, written as A.G. Bridge
• Becoming No-One: Human Intelligence in the Seven Kingdomsin Winning Westeros · 2019
• No One Understands Us: Mapping Experiences of Women in the US Militaryin Invisible Veterans · 2019
• How the World I Imagined Became Realin Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War · 2019
• The First Women in SOF2015 Special Operations Essays · JSOU Press

Task and Purpose, columnist 2014 to 2019

• How to Do Fleet Week in NYC Like a ProMay 2019
• The Grass Isn't Always Greener: Dual-Military Family in the ReservesNov 2018
• Time to Pass the Mic to Underrepresented VetsApr 2018
• She Tried to Raise the Standard for Female Recruits. The Marines Fired Her for It.Mar 2018
• 5 Things Women Veterans Want Everyone to KnowNov 2017
• 10 Must-Read Books About Women in the MilitaryApr 2017
• How We Changed the Negative Perception of Female Sailors in My UnitMar 2017
• How Female Officers Forced the Navy to Back Down on Uniform ChangesJan 2017
• What It's Like Celebrating Hanukkah on DeploymentDec 2016
• Why Everyone Benefits When Male Leaders Mentor WomenNov 2016
• Veteran Caregivers Can Be Men, But No One Recognizes ThatNov 2016
• How to Help the Local Reps the VA Depends OnSep 2016
• 6 Reasons to Finish Your Military Career With TravelAug 2016
• Why I Never Deployed to IraqJul 2016
• Hey Navy: Here's One Tradition Women Actually Want to KeepJun 2016
• How the Cost of Officer Uniforms Demonstrates Gender Inequality in the NavyApr 2016
• Should the Muslim Cadet at the Citadel Be Allowed to Wear a Hijab?Apr 2016
• Why I Wrote Under a Pseudonym as a Naval OfficerApr 2016
• A Key Piece of Information Missing From the Personnel Retention DiscussionFeb 2016
• 7 Awesome Resources Your Transition Class Didn't OfferJan 2016
• It's Time We Require Women to Register for the DraftDec 2015
• American Women Who Served in Combat Before You Were BornNov 2015
• 4 Reasons Why I Will Miss the NavyNov 2015
• The Navy's Uniform Changes Are Anything But Gender NeutralOct 2015
• The Incredible Women Who Served With Special Ops Units in AfghanistanApr 2015
• 4 Reasons I Am Resigning My Commission as a Naval OfficerApr 2015
• Cautionary Lessons on Leading as a Woman in the MilitaryFeb 2015
• Learning to Appreciate the Final Months of Military ServiceFeb 2015
• Why More Women Need to Share Their Military ExperiencesJan 2015
• What the Civil War Can Teach Us About Women in CombatNov 2014
• The Navy's Retention Plans Are Improvements, But Still Not EnoughSep 2014
• A Tribute to a Fallen Friend on World Suicide Prevention DaySep 2014
• What My Time in the Military Taught Me About HappinessSep 2014
• How a Liberal Arts Degree Made Me a Better OfficerAug 2014
• How I Learned to Embrace the Fear of Back-to-Back DeploymentsJul 2014
• What Do the Classics Have to Do With the Modern Warfighter?Jul 2014
• A New Retention Survey Reveals Problematic Results for the NavyJun 2014
• It's the Friendships Forged on Deployment That Make Me Miss Being AwayJun 2014
• 11 Countries, 3 Deployments, 4 Years: Here's What I KeptMay 2014