{"id":248,"date":"2010-07-02T21:34:48","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T21:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2010\/07\/this-july-4th-salute-women-like-kat-moughan.html"},"modified":"2010-07-02T21:34:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T21:34:48","slug":"this-july-4th-salute-women-like-kat-moughan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2010\/07\/this-july-4th-salute-women-like-kat-moughan.html","title":{"rendered":"This July 4th, Salute Women Like Kat Moughan"},"content":{"rendered":"
Guest blog by Rona Cherry<\/b><\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
Like many in our Armed Forces, U.S. Army Reservist Captain Katrina (Kat)
\nMoughan dreamt about serving our country by going overseas to help in the fight
\nagainst terrorism.<\/p>\n

\"Moughan<\/a><\/span>She almost got her wish, too. Three years ago, the
\nWestville resident was assigned to an Active Duty tour in Kuwait.  But the day
\nbefore mobilization, she learned that the ovarian cancer she thought she beat
\nnearly four years earlier had returned–and in a more virulent form. “My
\noncologist had wanted to do one final test to make sure I was still in
\nremission,” she says. “I was devastated when I found out the
\nresults.” <\/p>\n

Moughan was taken off Active Duty and has been receiving
\nchemotherapy ever since. But through it all, the 37-year old has maintained a
\npositive attitude, despite undergoing surgeries, including a hysterectomy that
\neliminated her other dream of one day having a baby.  “I look for humor wherever
\nI can find it, ” she says. “For example, I like to remind my husband that he is
\nthe luckiest man alive because his wife hasn’t had PMS in over seven
\nyears!”  <\/p>\n

Even during her initial chemotherapy treatments, Moughan did
\nnot renege on her commitment to the Army and remained an active drilling member
\nof the Reserves. “I had a special wig that I wore when I lost all of my hair
\nthat was regulation length and able to sustain heavy abuse under combat helmets
\nand berets,” she says. She went on Annual Training Exercises to Hawaii, Korea
\nand Japan. <\/p>\n

Throughout her maintenance chemotherapy, she sought positions
\nof higher responsibility. Today Moughan serves as an HHD Commander in the 1st
\nBattle Command Training Group\/2ndBrigade\/75th Division in Fort Dix. “I shoot my
\nM-9 and M-16, I go on Field Training Exercises and I continue my Officer Career
\ntraining courses,” says Moughan, who is a computer security professional with a
\nDepartment of Defense contractor and is also a graduate student studying
\ncomputer security at Penn State. In addition, she has served on the National
\nOvarian Cancer Coalition’s Delaware Valley Chapter’s Advisory
\nCouncil. <\/p>\n

Of course, like anyone fighting ovarian cancer, Moughan, who
\nshares her home with her husband, two dogs, seven cats and a tropical aquarium,
\nsays there are days when she allows herself to cry. “Living with cancer is a
\nscary thing. I allow myself a pity party every so often.”   Nevertheless, she
\nvows not to let the disease get her down. Her  monthly Army Reserve duty also
\ngoes a long way to help. “When I am in uniform, I am no longer a cancer patient,
\nI am just another soldier,” she says.   <\/p>\n

She sums up her circumstances
\nthis way: “Happiness is choosing to be happy. You can be happy even in the worst
\ncircumstances. I love the Army. I’m living a good life.” <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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