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Kathleen Poole talks about gender discrimination and how it affected her jobs in the army. Poole faced a lot of gender discrimination while in the army and talks about how they affected her jobs, her ability to get rank up or get a promotion. Even when leaving the army, she faced issues of gender discrimination. Poole also talks about sexual harassment and the power dynamics that sometimes went into them. She also talks about sexual discrimination and how homosexuality was viewed during her time in the military. Poole goes into detail about her time in WAC and the sisterhood that came with being a WAC, she also talks about the changes in the military with the integration of women into the regular army. Poole goes into detail about her jobs in the military and the training that came along with them. She talks about her time in Vietnam and the nature of the war there, she talks about losing people while over there and the dangers she faced while being in Vietnam. Poole also talks about her time with the Criminal Investigation Division and the internal problems that would go on in the army like drug use and assault. Poole also touches on other subjects like the anti-war sentiment at the time, PTSD and other military issues.