Making Room for Women in National Security with Lindsay Rodman

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

History, Education

4.9 • 15.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sharon sits down with Lindsay Rodman, Executive Director of The Leadership Council for Women in National Security, to discuss her diplomatic career in military service and national security. Lindsay Rodman is a Harvard Law School graduate and a United States Marine Corps veteran whose career in national security is distinguished by service in the military, White House, Pentagon, and more. Lindsay and Sharon discuss misconceptions of national security, cyber threats faced by the United States, life as a woman in the military, fostering inclusion in democracy, and breaking stigmas about veterans. Listen to learn what you can do to support American veterans, understand how national security contributes to your everyday comfort, and what effective national leadership looks like.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome. So excited you're here today. I am chatting with
0:07.1	Lindsay Rodman. Lindsay is just an extraordinary person. She went to Harvard Law School and then after working in a law firm for a period of time she decided to join the Marine Corps.
0:18.8	And she has worked on matters of national security and in the military justice system for a long time and
0:25.9	her perspective is absolutely so needed and so fascinating.
0:31.6	We cover so much ground in this interview. We're talking all about veterans, but also about
0:37.8	national security matters, also about the military justice system. You are definitely going to learn some good stuff in
0:45.1	this episode. So let's dive in. I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the
0:50.4	Sharon Says So podcast.
0:54.9	Lindsey, thank you so much for joining me. I am very excited to chat with you today.
0:58.1	Thanks for having me.
0:59.6	Tell all of us, a little bit more about your background and about what you do now because I really
1:05.6	think lending some context to why we're chatting will be super helpful for people.
1:10.0	Yeah, so I had the very fortunate opportunity after I went to undergrad at Duke to go to Harvard Law School.
1:16.0	And from there, I sort of knew that I could do basically anything I wanted within reason.
1:22.0	And after being at a lot for a year I decided to join the Marine Corps and I served for eight years on active duty. I served in Okinawa as a criminal defense attorney so defending Marines at court
1:35.0	marshal kind of like a few good men if you remember that and then I deployed to
1:38.7	Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011 as the operational law attorney for First Marine Division forward, which was a ground combat element for the Marine Corps in the southwest region of Afghanistan.
1:49.0	And then came back to Washington, D.C. where I served in the Pentagon in a couple of different roles at
1:54.8	headquarters Marine Corps, working with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and then I was selected as
1:58.4	a White House fellow, which was a really amazing opportunity to go over to the White House
2:02.4	and serve on the National Security Council staff.
2:04.6	And then I got married and the Marine Corps is not great about keeping people where they want to live in the long term.
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