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The OWLS Podcast
OWLS x YSMMF Collab: You Should Meet Our Friend Phyllis Wilson
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In this episode from our sister podcast You Should Meet My Friend, we chat with Phyllis Wilson.
Phyllis is President of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation – the only major national memorial honoring the 3 Million women who have defended America from the Revolutionary War to today.
Phyllis served 37 years in the Army as a Military Intelligence Voice Intercept Operator. She has served around the globe – visiting more than 35 countries – in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and North America. She has been mobilized numerous times to shoulder the duties of defense of the nation and has deployed to Iraq several times as an Intelligence Analyst with Special Operations.
If we could sum up Phyllis in one word it is: indefatigable! You can feel her energy in this episode!