From Military Police in Iraq to Middle School Principal

Laura Colbert is the daughter of a Vietnam War Military Police officer and sister to an Army Infantry Medic. Laura joined the Army National Guard as a Military Police officer in 2001 during  college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received her Honorable Discharge in 2009. She served 16 months on active duty, spending over a year in Baghdad, Iraq. Laura’s love of travel, living abroad, and serving others brought her to her current position as a middle-school principal. 

She kept a journal while serving and decided to write a book sharing her experiences so those that dont serve might get a glimpse of what service really is about vs the media accounts. She wrote Sirens: How to Pee Standing Up: An Alarming Memoir of Combat and Coming Back Home. 

She shared her experiences with host Jim Fausone.