Primarily documents the life of Karen McKay and her service with the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) and Army Reserve. McKay recalls the dismay she felt about anti-Vietnam war demonstrators and draft dodgers, and how this encouraged her to join the United States Women's Army Corps. She also describes the constant sexual harassment she endured at multiple posts throughout her career, and repeatedly being denied the opportunity for certain jobs and assignments because she was a woman. McKay also reveals her diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy, a disease affecting nerves, from possible exposure to Agent Orange while at Fort McClellan.