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Lieutenant General Cheryl Pierce on a 35-year military career and breaking barriers in UN uniform
Summary
Pierce describes early integrated training, high attrition among women officer candidates, a pivotal mentor who told her 'I believe in you,' and the family and personal trade-offs of a long career that led to her role as acting military adviser for UN peacekeeping operations.
Lieutenant General Cheryl Pierce, the acting military adviser for United Nations peacekeeping operations and one of the highest-ranking women in uniform at the UN, told a podcast audience that her 35–40 year career was shaped by harsh early training, mentors who believed in her, and practical family trade-offs required to remain in uniform.
Reflecting on her first days in integrated training in Australia, Pierce said the early period was "really difficult" and recalled that "we lost half of the females in our officer training." She described training that applied the same physical tests to women and…
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