Category: USAF ret

Former Maine Police Chief Stacy Carter’s Missed Personnel Intervention: What Competent Town of Rumford Leadership Could Have Done Instead (October 9, 2026)

October 9, 2026

When Image Matters More Than Truth: How Toxic People Control the Narrative and Create Scapegoats to Avoid Accountability (August 5, 2026) The Tracey Higley disciplinary record was not merely a personnel problem. It was an institutional risk warning. What should responsible municipal leadership do when it learns that a police officer entrusted with the power … More Former Maine Police Chief Stacy Carter’s Missed Personnel Intervention: What Competent Town of Rumford Leadership Could Have Done Instead (October 9, 2026)

Would You Hire Him? Tracey Higley and the Cost of Ignoring Red Flags in Rumford, Maine (October 5, 2026)

October 5, 2026

Five of these police officers abused me by either participating in the gang bullying of a Finance Committee member or they covered for each other and happily scapegoated me, Lee, and our family. This is the definition of institutional betrayal. Copyright © Jennifer and Lee Norris. All rights reserved. Imagine reviewing an applicant for a … More Would You Hire Him? Tracey Higley and the Cost of Ignoring Red Flags in Rumford, Maine (October 5, 2026)

The “No” That Changed My Life: What Two Trips to New Mexico Taught Me About Vulnerability, Predators, and Smear Campaigns (September 28, 2026)

September 28, 2026

This should have been a historic moment. Instead, I see a photo tarnished by across state line crime—and by people who used their victimhood to seek access, money, power, and other selfish gains. Nine people pictured here abused me. Some participated directly; others minimized, dismissed, or blamed me for a neurological beatdown I did not … More The “No” That Changed My Life: What Two Trips to New Mexico Taught Me About Vulnerability, Predators, and Smear Campaigns (September 28, 2026)

National Service Dog Day: Onyx Saved My Life, One Day at a Time (September 20, 2026)

September 20, 2026

Christine Hassing Published ‘Jennifer and Onyx’ in the Hope Has a Cold Nose Book (February 17, 2019) For National Service Dog Day, a tribute to the dog who helped me feel safe enough to live again. By Jen Norris Onyx turned 14 this month. She is still here with me, healthy and thriving. Sometimes I … More National Service Dog Day: Onyx Saved My Life, One Day at a Time (September 20, 2026)

When Asking for Help Becomes a Charge: The USS Abraham Lincoln, Military Suicide, and What Institutional Betrayal Looks Like (August 31, 2026)

August 31, 2026

A Disaster of the U.S. Military’s Own Making – Austin Valley’s Death Exposed the Army’s Most Urgent Challenge: A Suicide Crisis Among Soldiers in Peacetime Copyright © Jennifer Norris. All rights reserved. When I read that a 19-year-old sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln reportedly survived a suicide attempt and was then accused of malingering and being absent … More When Asking for Help Becomes a Charge: The USS Abraham Lincoln, Military Suicide, and What Institutional Betrayal Looks Like (August 31, 2026)

From Excitement to Survival Mode: The Albuquerque Trip That Changed How I Trusted, Traveled, and Protected Myself (August 28, 2026)

August 28, 2026

Divinely Protected: The Lord’s Prayer I Prayed at San Felipe de Neri Parish in Albuquerque, New Mexico Before Everything Changed (March 6, 2013) Copyright © Jennifer Norris. All rights reserved. March 5–8, 2013 On March 5, 2013, I boarded a plane for Albuquerque believing I was entering an exciting new chapter of my military sexual assault … More From Excitement to Survival Mode: The Albuquerque Trip That Changed How I Trusted, Traveled, and Protected Myself (August 28, 2026)

Toxic Air Force Leadership, CPTSD, and Institutional Betrayal: How a Squadron Commander Failed Two Vulnerable Airmen (August 13, 2026)

August 13, 2026

Workplace Betrayal & Ostracism: A Letter to the Commander Explaining How Toxic Military Leaders Negatively Impact CPTSD (2010) How failed supervision, professional jealousy, medical-retirement obstruction, and command indifference compounded decades of trauma, military sexual trauma, brain injury, and toxic exposure. By Jennifer Norris, U.S. Air Force RetiredAugust 13, 2026 He Wasn’t Protecting the Mission. He Was … More Toxic Air Force Leadership, CPTSD, and Institutional Betrayal: How a Squadron Commander Failed Two Vulnerable Airmen (August 13, 2026)

August 10: Honoring the Victims of Agent Orange and Confronting Institutional Failure (August 10, 2026)

August 10, 2026

From Vietnam to the burn pits of Iraq to contaminated military installations here at home, toxic exposure is a debt our nation still has not fully paid. Copyrighted By Jennifer and Lee Norris | August 10, 2026 Every August 10, we honor Agent Orange Awareness Day—and in Vietnam, the Day for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin. … More August 10: Honoring the Victims of Agent Orange and Confronting Institutional Failure (August 10, 2026)

The Masks Trauma Made Us Wear: How Treatment Helped Us Find Our Confidence Again (August 8, 2026)

August 8, 2026

Jennifer and Lee: Until Death Do Us Part (2024) Please Hear What I’m Not Saying Don’t be fooled by me.Don’t be fooled by the face I wearFor I wear a mask. I wear a thousand masks—masks that I’m afraid to take offand none of them are me.Pretending is an art that’s second nature with meBut don’t … More The Masks Trauma Made Us Wear: How Treatment Helped Us Find Our Confidence Again (August 8, 2026)

When Image Matters More Than Truth: How Toxic People Control the Narrative and Create Scapegoats to Avoid Accountability (August 5, 2026)

August 5, 2026

Parental Alienation: I Watched What Happened to My Father Happen to My Husband & It Broke Me (2024) There is a quiet kind of violence that doesn’t leave bruises. It happens when people decide that protecting their reputation is more important than protecting the people they hurt. Instead of taking responsibility, they reshape reality. They rewrite … More When Image Matters More Than Truth: How Toxic People Control the Narrative and Create Scapegoats to Avoid Accountability (August 5, 2026)