Category: USAF ret

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)

19 Years Later: Love Didn’t Save Us… It Gave Us the Strength to Save Ourselves (July 4, 2026)

July 4, 2026

Jennifer and Lee getting married at Height of Land near Rangeley Plantation in Maine (2007) Nineteen years ago, Lee and I stood before one another and promised, “Until death do us part.” Neither of us could have imagined what those words would eventually mean. We thought marriage would be about building careers, traveling, growing old … More 19 Years Later: Love Didn’t Save Us… It Gave Us the Strength to Save Ourselves (July 4, 2026)

Dear Mass Air National Guard, You Poisoned Me With Lead… But You Already Knew That (2025)

July 17, 2025

Dear Mass Air National Guard, You poisoned me with lead and made me lose more than twenty years of my life. I will spend the rest of my life making sure every Air National Guard member in the entire country understands the dangers of lead poisoning and how to treat it. I am a case … More Dear Mass Air National Guard, You Poisoned Me With Lead… But You Already Knew That (2025)

You Can Take Them Out of the Air Force… But You Can’t Ever Take the Air Force Out of Them (2025)

January 23, 2025

We explored an abandoned Air Force Base in the desert. We love learning about history but we just don’t see things the same anymore. We now know that the Air Force abandons bases they contaminate. The squadron and Fighter Wing in Massachusetts that poisoned me with lead is gone too. The brand new facility they … More You Can Take Them Out of the Air Force… But You Can’t Ever Take the Air Force Out of Them (2025)

Our Google Review of Mariner’s Point Apartments Near the Tijuana Estuary in Imperial Beach, California (2025)

January 4, 2025

Mariner’s Point Turns Into a Nightmare for Two Sick & Disabled People: Our Struggle for Peace: Surviving Female Malignant Narcissist Neighbors Who Swatted Us, Weaponized a Dog, Abused Us From The Comfort of Their Home, & Stalked Us With A Ring Camera Brief Synopsis: We moved to California for healthcare and thankfully we found a doctor … More Our Google Review of Mariner’s Point Apartments Near the Tijuana Estuary in Imperial Beach, California (2025)