Dog Tag Diaries

Dog Tag Diaries is a story-driven interview show about military women and the lives that keep unfolding before, during, and after service. Its conversations are warm, direct, and often deeply personal. Captain Kim makes space for guests to begin with a scene: a school hallway, a family decision, a promotion ceremony, a deployment, a body carrying pain, or a childhood refuge in books and nature. Then the show asks what that scene did to a person. The recent episodes trace women through Army, Navy, Coast Guard family life, intelligence work, counseling, writing, advocacy, and leadership. The show keeps returning to the gap between how military women are seen from the outside and what they are carrying inside. That gap can be brutal. Guests speak about being mocked, being isolated, surviving trauma, seeking therapy, managing stress, and finding language for experiences that once felt unspeakable. The show also makes room for pride. Promotions matter here. So do teammates, daughters, mothers, faith, humor, public service, nonprofit work, and the stubborn little voice that refuses to accept being told no. A conversation with Jenn Donahue turns military lessons into a path through perfectionism and fear of failure. Leah Stiles brings service, eating disorders, advocacy, and memoir into the same room. Dakota Olson-Harris returns as a mother of five preparing for another deployment, where the uniform is familiar but the emotional weight has changed. Val Foglesong’s story connects trauma, survival, laughter, faith, and forensic nursing. Kimberly Moros reflects on command, community, and ending a long military career with care. Cait Conley’s episode moves from 9/11 into counterterrorism missions, stress, leadership, and continued service. Dog Tag Diaries is strongest when it lets accomplishment lead into vulnerability. It listens for the person behind the rank, then follows the thread toward healing, identity, and purpose.