A Tarleton State College doctoral scholar and U.S. Military veteran Nicole Burkett has not too long ago been named the inaugural recipient of the U.S. Military Girls’s Basis’s 6888th Scholarship, The Flash Today reported.
Nicole Burkett
The $2,500 award is in honor of the 6888th Central Postal Listing Battalion – nicknamed the “Six Triple Eight” – a Girls’s Military Corps (WAC) regiment of 855 girls, primarily Black however some Hispanic, who deployed throughout WWII to type and route thousands and thousands of items of unprocessed mail the Military couldn’t get to front-line troops.
The 6888th – the one all-female unit in Military historical past – was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in March 2022.
Burkett’s scholarly work traces the trajectory of Black girls within the navy. Pursuing an Ed.D. in instructional management with an emphasis on greater training, Burkett desires to advocate for unheard voices and share tales of the weak and underrepresented.
“As girls veterans, typically we aren’t thought-about ‘actual veterans’ as a result of it’s a principally male-dominated group,” Burkett stated. “Moreover, as a Black girl in the navy, you might be typically seen as a commodity due to what you are able to do and never as an individual due to who you might be. Fight publicity has a manner of altering your mindset to outlive and likewise detach you from these you’re keen on.
“There’s a preponderance of analysis about male veterans and a few about girls veterans; nonetheless, there is restricted analysis about Black girls veterans and even much less about fight Black girls veterans. In a rising tradition of variety, fairness and inclusion, these tales should be shared. The purpose is to assist extra perceive and see them as actual individuals, not commodities.”
Throughout her 24 years within the navy, Burkett was stationed in international locations together with Korea, Japan, and Afghanistan.
Burkett holds three levels, together with a level in healthcare administration and public administration with an emphasis on human sources. She additionally holds an affiliate diploma in provide chain logistics.
