Promotions & Historical Moments.

1961: The first woman Marine is promoted to Sergeant Major.


1974: An Army woman becomes the first woman military helicopter pilot


1978: The first Army woman is promoted to two-star general. She is also the first woman officer to command a major military installation.


1996: The first women in the history of the armed forces are promoted to three-star rank.


1997: The Army promotes its first woman to lieutenant general.


1999: The Air Force promotes its first woman to lieutenant general.


2005: The first woman in history is awarded the Silver Star for combat action. She is one of 14 women in US history to receive the medal.


2008: For the first time in US military history, a woman is promoted to the rank of four-star general. She is promoted by the US Army.

Emotions

This image of a mother and daughter shows more of the inside view of a woman in the service and what she has to give up or leave behind while she serves her country.  Its very touching to see how overwhelmed the mother is to be able to embrace her daughter again. Struggles are tough for anyone who is away from their family, and there are times where Skype and other forms of communication just don't add up to the feeling of being able to hold a loved one once more.

Untitled

Untitled

This sketch shows four women from each branch that will be standing in their dress uniforms, and above each individual will be the crest/logo of their designated branch of service.

Duty.Honor.Country - II

See sketch "Honor.Service.Loyalty - II"

@ July 21, 2011

This is a pink version to look a little more feminine.

Duty.Honor.Country - I

See sketch "Honor.Service.Loyalty - II"

@ July 21,2011

Changed the three words under women from "Honor.Service.Loyalty" to "Duty.Honor.Country", because it is more commonly used among the United States Army. Where as H.S.L was something I wrote.

Honorable Peals - II

See sketch "Honorable Pearls"

@ July 31, 2011

Direction of the project...

After creating rough drafts from stock images, I feel that to continue on I am going to make a slight change in the production of my work. Instead of doing all photoshop and illustrator production, I am going to take photos to create like images to those seen in this blog with materials that I own (uniforms, dog tags, heels, face paint, etc.) and combine the images through photoshop, and indesign for text. The images in the below and above are not what I am going to use for the project because the photos used are not of my own. They are there to show a rough draft of what my work is going to look like based off of the sketches I have been working on.


REMINDER: My project is not based on politics, I have heard that some may think this is the direction that I am trying to follow.  This projects guide lines are based on something that we are passionate about, and to me that it the military.  I do not follow politics or care much for anything about it.  What I intend to do with this project is to show my appreciation for the Armed Services through my work.  Also, to show my inner feelings about who I am as a person awaiting my turn in the United States Military such as: Foot Print, 50/50, and What I See.

Honorable Pearls - I

See sketch "Honorable Pearls"

@ July 31, 2011

Foot Print

See sketch "Foot Print"

@ August 1, 2011

See The Word - II

See sketch "See the Word"

@ August 1, 2011

See The World - I

See sketch "See the Word"

@ August 1, 2011

50/50

See the world

Foot Print

This shows a woman's high heel leaving the impression of a boot print on the ground. It symbolizes the actual visual aspect of the woman's heal, and shows the alternate part of her life through the boot print. I have yet to come up with a saying to go along with this poster yet.  The sketch on the top is pushed to the side to have room to incorporate text. The sketch on the bottom just gives the visual effect without the text.