From Battle Scars to Badges of Honor: 13 Questions with Paratrooper Bobette Brown

Date Posted: Monday, February 22, 2016

Military veteran Bobette Brown, a U.S. Army airborne paratrooper, now travels as a motivational speaker, consultant, and transformation consultant. At a "Got Your 6 Storytellers" event in New York, she shared: "You don’t have to look like what you’ve been through. See today, you can choose take your experiences and go from scars to beauty marks. And those battle wounds can become badges of honor. It’s all your decision.” Over time and living life's experiences, she decided not to be "afraid to speak about her wounds...recounting a knee replacement surgery, sexual assault and harassment she experienced in the military or a five-day stretch of sleeplessness from her trauma. Bobette came to the conclusion "that keeping secrets doesn’t do anyone good."

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