"When you weren’t at work, you were sleeping." (Audio Interview, 34:32)

Rosa M. Herrera McNeely

War: Cold War Era, 1945-1991; Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, 2001-present Branch: Army Service Location: Germany; Panama; Texas; England; also: Iraq Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant Colonel Rosa McNeely knows that as a soldier, flexibility is the name of the game: you never know where you might go when you’re in the Army. While her early training was in dental hygiene, she eventually became an ordnance officer, arranging for the transport of supplies to units in Iraq. Though she had served nearly thirty years in the Army prior to her deployment, her time in the Middle East was full of new challenges, such as learning to sleep despite the constant threat of mortar attacks.