Army MAJ (Ret) Annette Whittenberger

My guest today is Army MAJ (Ret) Annette Whittenberger.  Annette grew up in Simi Valley, CA, and graduated from La Reina High School in 1994.  After attending Community College for a year, she attended Arizona State University and joined their R.O.T.C. program.  In 1999, she graduated with a BA in Psychology and was commissioned as a 2LT in the Chemical Corps.  She attended Officer Basic Course at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.  Her first assignment was to the 16th Corps Support Group in Hanau, Germany as the BDE Chemical Officer.  In 2003, she returned to Ft. Leonard Wood for the Officer Advanced Course.  After being promoted to Captain, she was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, TX.  She took command of Headquarters Headquarters Battalion (HHBN) and, in 2005, deployed to Camp Liberty, Iraq for 12 months.  After returning to Ft. Hood, she again deployed in 2008 to Afghanistan as part of Task Force Duke.
In 2010, after being promoted to Major, she was selected for in-residence Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, KS. In 2011, she was assigned to Ft. Bliss, TX, as the 1st ID, Division Assistantt CHEMO, and eventually a Battalion XO.  In 2014, she was assigned to JRTC G3 at Ft. Polk, LA.
Annette retired from the Army on Nov 1st, 2016.

Annette currently runs “A Wild Ride Called Life, LLC” (https://www.awildridecalledlife.com/).  She has written a book entitled, “The Wall Between Two Lives”, and has recently become an independent music artist (https://www.theannwhittmusic.com/home-page?fbclid=IwAR3ZPIiWD3GQAhHso6ZP8gYmV3WVAXVVsl9ubLlyGNuzCqZOn39WbSVMj6M#contact)