Is there any truth to the story that she went AWOL from the Air Force after two years and the AF declined to prosecute and just let her out instead (this was during Jimmy Carter's presidency)?
To pay the rent, Rhodes worked as a secretary for three years and was miserable. In her quest to get where she is today, she also has been a truck driver and a disc jockey. However, the most life-changing period, she said, was the two years she spent in the Air Force. There, she learned to love and respect herself, to value herself for her brains. She learned that looks and the ability to apply makeup didn't really mean as much as she had previously thought. In 1973, she was named outstanding Air Force female.And was she really one of the Outstanding Airmen of the Year? Or is she lying about that? It would be easy to check that out. The article says 1973 but she joined the USAF in 1977 according to Wikipedia.Despite all that she learned in the Air Force, a man with whom she shared a rocky relationship ended her Air Force career. He was, according to Rhodes,"somewhat insane," and insisted that they leave the Air Force without notice. He threw their belongings in the back of their truck, and they headed for Ohio. The Air Force was so embarrassed that they let the matter drop and did not seek to prosecute the couple for going AWOL.
AWOL. Remember that the next time she comments on the TANG memos.