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Shaina Johns – The Calming Voice of Hope

After participating in JROTC in high school, Shaina Johns decides to join the Army Reserves against the wishes of her parents. She is deployed to Kuwait and, despite being trained as an MP, works as a radio operator the entire time, calling in 9-line medevacs and providing a calming voice of hope to those on the other side of the wire.