OverAnalyst

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Military
Occupation Intel Analyst (ask me for my 2003 recommendation on Iraq, not that it matters now)
Location Arlington, VA, United States
Introduction Went to Iraq 2003 with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). Now lost in the military medical system. Distrust extremists of all types; particularly unimpressed by the violent ones. Interested in policy debates, obsessed with un-screwing the Middle East (incrementally); despairing of public apathy, and disgusted by corruption & hypocrisy among elected or appointed "public servants"--regardless of political party & affiliation.
Interests Mellowing, good music, violin, fixing the world once my magic wand is repaired, Civil-Military Relations, PME, Middle East culture & conflict, Refugee Studies, International Development, NGOs, Peacekeeping, Co-In, 4G Warfare, military history, medical research, adaptive tech, cognition & trauma, veterans' advocacy, anger management, helping troops not get screwed over, views of Current Events outside US/Ca/UK, eploring DC, (killing the) FERES doctrine, surviving the army "healthcare" system.
Favorite Movies Lawrence of Arabia, the Departed, Heat, Eastern Promises, American Beauty, Drop-Dead Gorgeous, Shrek
Favorite Music System Of A Down, GNR, RHCP, REM, System Of A Down, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, 80s metal, Megadeth, Skid Row, Violin, Orchestral, Sibelius, Samuel Barber, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn
Favorite Books Harry Potter, Birdsong, Chasing Ghosts, Far Side galleries, Catch-22, scifi, history, biographies, Jim Webb, Joan Didion, Kazuo Chasing Ghosts, Ishiguro, Salmon Rushdie, Far Side galleries, Pablo Neruda poemas, Chasing Ghosts, Promises to Keep

The hair from your last haircut ... what would it say about your new style?

that i've not got much style! (but sent the lobbed-off ponytail into Locks of Love, so at least someone's using it)