Women of the Military Amanda Huffman

Erin is a self-made millionaire who achieved financial freedom through real estate investing in less than four years. To date, she has helped over 600 other investors to build cash flowing real estate portfolios. A U.S. Army Veteran, Erin understands what it’s like to work for “the man” and be limited by a schedule and fixed income. Erin created a system to allow her to live a life by design and now has the time and resources to give back and focus on her family. She is a Realtor ® at eXp Realty and is passionate about growing her team of agents and mentoring them to build the business of their dreams. She currently has 15 agents with plans for continual growth. Erin’s real estate portfolio includes 95 rental units. Erin’s courses and conferences empower investors to dream big and ruthlessly pursue their goals! She has a personal goal of creating a million millionaires!

Laura went from military child to military member. She joined the Navy through the Naval Academy and served 31 years retiring at the rank of Captain. Highlights of her career include serving as the first Ship’s Intelligence Officer and receiving personal recognition from President Bush (41) for her efforts as the Commissioning Coordinator for the USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (CVN 77) in 2009. She also served as Commanding Officer, Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command in Dam neck, VA in 2011. In 2013 she was recognized as the Hampton Roads Blue and Gold Officer of the Year for her devotion to helping young Americans apply for admissions to the Naval Academy. Today, she is a photographer in the DC region.

Janet Hudson joined the U.S. Air Force in 1986 and deployed as a nurse during Desert Storm. She shared about her experience of joining the Air Force, deploying for Desert Storm and then becoming a nurse anesthetist for her last few years in the Air Force. After around 12 years of service she left the miltiary so she could continue her career as a nurse and provide stability for her family. She retired from nursing in January after a 42 year career. Today, she is helping others through Lifewave patches along with volunteering to help veterans find community in her local community.

When you think about the military you often think about the how the culture affects the military. You can see how the culture had an impact on Rachel and her experience in the military. Boot camp felt watered down because of the culture around military sexual assault. She wanted to be pushed hard and felt that the leaders held back. Then when she was in the military and used the chain of command for issues they were swept under the rug. That led her to decide to leave the military. Today she is working to share the stories of veterans in her podcast Your Story Doesn't End Here. 

This episode was created in partnership with Veterans for Financial Freedom

Veterans For Financial Freedom (VFF) Events is all about community. They are also the number one place to be for our nation’s heroes seeking Financial Freedom. VFF is focused on helping veterans, first responders, fire fighters, law enforcement and their families through their full day conferences. Each conference offers a full day of speakers and activities focused on increasing your financial literacy, creating goals, and a blueprint to achieve all of your financial goals.

Today's episode is with Erin Helle, Kimberly Rushing and Aubrey Carlson. They have been with VFF before it was created and shared how the unique community came to be and how they are working to change the lives of veterans, first responders and their families.

This week on the podcast I'm excited to be talking to Monica Mohindra the Director of the Veterans History Project (VHP) of the American Folklife CenterLibrary of Congress. In this episode we highlight the importance of collecting veterans stories, how the information collected by the VHP is used and how you can get involved. Because it is Women's History Month we also highlighted the stories of the 6668th Central Post Directory Battalion and a few other amazing women from history. If you want to share your story of service or know a veteran who you think might be interested learn more at loc.gov/vets