Document Type

Oral History

Lisa Powell, interviewed by Jessica Mayhan

Interviewee name

Lisa Powell

Interviewer

Jessica Mayhan

Interview date

11-5-2001

Interview location

Hermon, Maine

Time

00:29:05

Files

Streaming Media

Abstract

Staff Sergeant Lisa Powell, interviewed by Jessica Mayhan, November 5, 2001, in Powell’s home in Hermon, Maine. Powell, born in McAdam, New Brunswick in 1968, talks about joining the Navy after high school; her experiences with basic training; moving on to tech school to learn her job; what Powell had to do at her job as a radioman; her time stationed in Saudi Arabia; treatment of foreign women in Saudi Arabia; how she spent her time overseas; Navy paid for her housing while overseas. Text: 7 pp. transcript. Time: 00:29:05.

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Disciplines

Military History | Oral History | United States History | Women's History

Birth date

April 17, 1968

Location

McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada

Nation of origin

Canada

Home state/Territory

Maine

Gender

Female

Ethnicity

European-Canadian

Branch of service

U.S. Navy

Date of entry

1988

Service entry

Enlisted

Entry Rank

E-1 Seaman Recruit

Other

Staff Sergeant

Other

Staff Sergeant

Locations

McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada; Bangor, Maine; San Diego; Bahrain; Persian Gulf; Orlando, Florida; San Diego, California; Greece; Spain; Hawaii; Houston, Texas

Headings

Women in the Military

Collection name

Women in the Military

Collection number

MF144

Item number

NA3237

Recommended Citation

Powell, Lisa, "Lisa Powell, interviewed by Jessica Mayhan" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 62.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/62

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