>> FROM ACTIVE MILITARY MEMBERS TO THEIR FAMILIES AND TO VETERANS.
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED
STATES ARMY HAS BEEN GETTING
RESULTS AND PROVIDING A VOICE
TO THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED BOTH
MEN AND WOMEN.
>> NOT ONLY HAVE WOMEN FOUGHT
FOR OUR COUNTRY BUT THEY
CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE WOMEN’S
EQUALITY IN THE ARMED FORCES.
>> THERE IS STILL MUCH WORK TO
BE DONE.
JOINING IS NOW RETIRED FIRST
SERGEANT OF THE US ARMY.
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
THE UNITED STATES ARMY SUNSHINE
CHAPTER AND TIFFANY SANDERS
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
OF CENTRAL FLORIDA.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH
THESE ASSOCIATIONS CAN YOU TELL
US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOTH ARE
FUNCTIONS SO PEOPLE CAN GET
PLUGGED IN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL
ASSOCIATION IS NATIONALLY
DRIVEN AND MANAGED IN THE OF
CHAPTERS ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES.
THEY ARE NONPROFIT AND
NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION THAT
ADVOCATES CONSTITUENCY IN ALL
ASPECTS OF MILITARY DEFENSE AND
NATIONAL SECURITY.
SO WE HAVE LARGE BUSINESSES AND
ORGANIZATION FROM LOCKHEED
MARTIN TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES
LIKE MY COMPANY.
IN ALL ASPECTS OF NATIONAL
SECURITY.
WE PROVIDE SYMPOSIUM IN ALL
ASPECTS OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR
BUSINESSES FOR THEM TO SUCCEED
IN SUCCESS THE FIGHTER.
>> TODAY’S WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY
AND THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MILITARY
BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A LOT
OF MYTHS AS WELL.
WHEN YOU THINK MILITARY YOU
THINK OF RUNNING A MILD
CHEMICAL FOR THIS ARE BUT THERE
IS A CAREER FOR EVERY SINGLE
PERSON.
WOULDN’T YOU SAY THAT.
>> I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT.
I’M A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE
MILITARY HAS DONE FOR ME AND
OTHER FEMALES.
AND AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN’S
EQUALITY DAY TODAY I WILL SAY
THERE IS ONLY ONE PERCENT OF
ALL AMERICANS WHO SERVE IN THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY AND JUST
A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THAT DO
SERVE IN OUR WOMEN.
SINCE 1920 WE HAVE BEEN ON THE
BACK BURNER.
YEAR THAT THE LAW ALLOWED TO
VOTE.
WOMEN HAVE BEEN STEPPING UP IN
THE WORLD.
UNITED STATES MILITARY THAT
CONSISTS OF FIVE BRANCHES WE
ARE ACTUALLY TAKING STRIDES TO
EXCEL TO EXCELLENCE.
YOU HAVE WOMEN WHO MADE FOUR
STARS IS IN GENERAL AND TOLD
WOODY WAS THE FIRST FEMALE
FOUR-STAR GENERAL TO SERVE IN
THE MILITARY.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS WHO
HAVE COME ON BOARD SINCE THEN.
MY ORGANIZATION, THE
ASSOCIATION OF UNITED STATES
ARMY IS THE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT
SPEAKS FOR SOLDIERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES ON CAPITOL HILL AND
ALSO ENCOURAGE THE YOUNG
AMERICANS TO JOIN FORCES AND
SERVE IN THE MILITARY.
>> SO WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT
FOR YOUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS TO
HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP.
>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP.
IT IS ONE TEAM AND ONE FIGHT.
YOU CANNOT SUPPORT THE WAR
FIGHTER IF WE DO NOT HAVE A
COMPANY LIKE GHD AND MANY OF
THE OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS
THAT WE HAVE UNDER THE
ASSOCIATION OF UNITED STATES
ARMY.
BEING SEPARATED AND SEGREGATED
DOES NOT WORK FOR THIS COUNTRY.
AND AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO
SUPPORT THE WAR FIGHTER.
SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO IT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS WHO COLLABORATE
WITH US.
WOMEN IN DEFENSE.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE
AGAIN, CELEBRATING WOMEN’S
EQUALITY DAY, THEY ARE OUT
THERE IN THE FOREFRONT JUST
LIKE USA PROMOTING AND
SUPPORTING THE WAR FIGHTERS.
>> WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE
IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND WHAT YOU
ARE SEEING FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE
CONTACTING YOU AND NEEDING AN
ADVOCATE OR NEEDING AN ALLY?
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS COMING TO
THE FOREFRONT.
>> I HAVE SEEN IT A LOT BECAUSE
WEARING A HAT FOR THE PRESIDENT
OF THE ASSOCIATION OF UNITED
STATES SUNSHINE CHAPTER HERE IN
ORLANDO.
I AM ALSO THE CHAIR FOR THE
ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY COUNCIL.
IN SOME VETERANS AND ALSO FOLKS
IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE IN
NEED OF RESOURCES.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS
AVAILABLE FOR THEM AND TO HELP
THEM.
WE HAVE VETERANS WHO HAVE PTSD
IN VETERANS WHO HAVE EMPLOYMENT
ISSUES.
AND WE PROVIDE THAT VOICE.
AND THOSE RESOURCES FOR THEM TO
GO TO A COMPANY LIKE JHT
ANOTHER UMBRELLA COMPANY TO
PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THOSE
WHO ARE IN NEED.
>> WE ALSO HAVE QUITE A FEW
INDIVIDUALS, WOMEN IN
PARTICULAR WHO ARE LOOKING TO
START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES AND
WHAT YOU’LL FIND AND I THINK
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND ALSO IS IT
IN OUR INDUSTRY IS VERY
MALE-DOMINATED.
AND FOR A WOMAN TO BE ABLE TO
COME INTO OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND
LOOK FOR THAT ASSISTANCE TO
SUPPORT THEM, WE DEFINITELY
PROVIDE THAT AND WE ENCOURAGE
IT IN ORDER TO DIVERSIFY THAT
FIELD.
>> FOR PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME
WHO WANT TO HELP OUT AND
SUPPORT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY?
>> THEY CAN CONTACT US AND
VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND AUSA ALSO
HAS A WEBSITE AS WELL THEY CAN
REACH OUT TO.
>> THEY COULD DEFINITELY REACH
OUT TO US.
WE ARE 123 CHAPTER STRONG
GLOBALLY.
THEY COULD GO ON OUR WEBSITE OR
LOCAL NUMBER 407-924-0810 WE
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THEM.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE DO
WHAT WE DO.
WE ARE JUST PAYING IT FORWARD.
WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS.
I NEED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND WE
LOVE DOING WHAT WE DO IN
SUPPORT OF OUR SERVICE MEMBER
AND FOLKS WHO WERE IN THE