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I think the Army is a good workplace
to be in for females.
I've found my experience has been really good
since I've been in.
You learn to be stronger as a woman and to be able to stand
up for yourself.
You earn respect by being good at your job.
Obviously, I joined for job security and the pay and the
benefits, but there's kind of more.
I joined as a medic so that I could learn some valuable
skills and be able to provide medical treatment for injured
people, both here and overseas.
I joined the Army because I just thought I'd get more out
of it than just being a civilian.
I find that you become a stronger person in general.
I enjoy all the friends you make in the Army.
I love the physical training part of the Army.
It's good fun.
One benefit for me is definitely travel.
I've got to see a lot of Australia.
It's not just doing the same job everyday.
One, to be given an opportunity to do it.
And then two, to be paid to do it.
You make some really good friends.
You make friends for life here.
Constantly learning.
I am a vehicle mechanic in the Army.
I joined back in '09 and I've just recently become a
qualified mechanic.
I'm Private Claire Moen and I'm in Operator Movements.
The role of Operator Movements personnel is to organise,
plan, and conduct the movement of many units, brigades,
individual personnel, on exercise or operation.
So "exercise" being around Australia, "operation" being
all over the world.
Now there's nothing that we can't do that someone can do.
The myth would be that we can't do the same things that
they can, but we definitely can.
Come into the Army with an open mind.
Don't come in with preconceived ideas.
Yeah, just don't listen to stereotypes.
Go for it yourself.
It's an amazing experience.
It's something you'll never forget and it's something that
not everyone does.
It's something that makes you unique.
I've trained more than I ever would've if I had just gone to
uni or just worked in a normal job.
We're always soldiers, but when you knock off and you go
home, time's your own.
So you can dress up and go out and do what you want to do.
Being in the Army hasn't taken away any of my femininity or
anything like that.
I'm still me and I always will be.
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