{"id":3131,"date":"2012-06-13T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2012-06-07T23:36:01","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T23:36:01","slug":"a-working-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/06\/a-working-woman.html","title":{"rendered":"A Working Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2012\/06\/cg-women.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3205\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/06\/cg-women-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>I overheard my father telling a family friend about my newly assigned mission in the U.S. Coast Guard. I work on a cutter that escorts all cruise ships and international vessels under the bridges in California&#8217;s Bay Area. But what my father told his friend was, &#8220;She&#8217;s involved in some sort of an escort service.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; Adrienne Blodgett<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<div>Provided Courtesy of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rd.com\/\">Reader&#8217;s Digest<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Click here for more<strong> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rd.com\/all-jokes.do?cat=1198\">Military Jokes<\/a>&#8220;.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I overheard my father telling a family friend about my newly assigned mission in the U.S. Coast Guard. I work on a cutter that escorts all cruise ships and international vessels under the bridges in California&#8217;s Bay Area. 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