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Carolyn Miller Comfort (b. 1949), of Richmond, Indiana, served in the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC), the Army, and the Army Reserve from 1967-1998. She retired with the rank of Master Sergeant. Carolyn Comfort was born on 14 April 1949 in Richmond, Indiana. She grew up in Fountain City, Indiana and enlisted in the U.S. Women's Army Corps (WAC) after graduating high school in 1967. She did her basic training at Fort McClellan in Alabama. For her advanced training in stenography, she trained at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana. Comfort's first assignment was at the Office of Plans and Operations for the Military District of Washington in Washington D.C. While there she worked as a stenographer, wrote correspondence for the colonel in charge, and worked with the Secret Service. Additionally, she participated in festivals and pageants that the army was involved in around D.C. Comfort's next assignment was in Frankfurt, Germany with the United States Army Material Command. She did clerical work and helped with distinguished visitors and travel plans for people in the office. When Comfort returned to the United States in 1972, she left the military. She then moved to California and joined the Army Reserves. While in the reserves she worked in supply. Comfort was in the reserves for three years before taking a year long break and moving back to Richmond, Indiana. After moving back to Indiana, Comfort went back to the Army Reserves in 1976. At the same time, she was also working as a federal employee for the reserves, securing a job as an army reserves technician. During this time Comfort would be working with the reserves as a civilian during the week and then on the weekend do her army reservist duties. She would do this until 1980 when she decided to become a full-time active-duty reservist through the Active Guard Reserve program. Comfort did this for 15 years before retiring in 1995. After leaving she went to college, earned a degree in Health Information Technology, and ended up working for the federal government. As of 2021, Comfort is retired.