Reinetta Vaneendenburg is interviewing US Navy women line officers to document their transition. She served as oral historian and editor during her naval career and is a retired captain. Van has taught at several universities and has an MSSM. Van is pursuing an MFA from Old Dominion University.

Jerri Bell, a retired naval officer and instructor/editor for the Veterans Writing Project, has published short fiction and nonfiction. She and Tracy Crow are the authors of It's My Country Too: Women's Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan.

Benjamin Busch served as an infantry and light armored reconnaissance officer in the United States Marine Corps, deploying twice to Iraq. He is the author of a memoir, Dust to Dust, and has published in Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, Prairie Schooner, Five Points and North American Review.

Rebecca Evans is a decorated Gulf War veteran. Her work has appeared in Gravel Literary magazine, Scribes Weekly Anthology and, is forthcoming in Fiction Southeast and War, Literature & The Arts. She’s pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing and is on the editorial staff of the Sierra Nevada Review.