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#ShesBadass -- Celebrating Women Veterans

While the nation wraps up Women’s History Month, the veteran empowerment organization Got Your 6 today launched a new PSA, #ShesBadass, to continue to celebrate the accomplishments and eliminate stereotypes around women veterans. The PSA supported by actress Michelle Monaghan features a former helicopter door gunner, a refugee-turned-soldier-turned dentist, an actress with a heart for activism, and a breast cancer survivor who became a physical fitness coach.



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