Interview with Bobbi Jo Mayes, March 23, 2012
Project: Oldham County Historical Society: Oldham County Veterans Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Bobbi Jo Mayes talks about being a military police officer. Mayes describes what jobs she did in Kentucky. She talks about being deployed to Cuba and Afghanistan, and how she felt about being away from her children while overseas. Mayes also briefly talks about her experience at Guantanamo Bay. She talks about her job during her deployment in Afghanistan working with the Agribusiness Development Team, a program that helps Afghan women develop skillsets such as farming, beekeeping, and raising livestock in order to support themselves and their families. She explains that women gained social mobility and were taken more seriously as members of society upon learning these skills. She explains that she had a major change of heart after building real friendships, and that this experience made her a better person.Interview Accession
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Veterans Women and the military--United States Women veterans Women soldiers Women--Employment Basic training (Military education) United States. Army Deployment (Strategy) Bee culture Farm life Civilians in war Communication Sex discrimination against women Cooperation AgricultureInterview Rights
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Mayes, Bobbi Jo Interview by Jan Jasper. 23 Mar. 2012. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Mayes, B.J. (2012, March 23). Interview by J. Jasper. Oldham County Historical Society: Oldham County Veterans Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Mayes, Bobbi Jo, interview by Jan Jasper. March 23, 2012, Oldham County Historical Society: Oldham County Veterans Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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