Andrea Chandler | |
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Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | US Navy |
Years of service | 1998-2008 |
Battles/wars | Operation Iraqi Freedom |
Awards | Navy Achievement Medal |
Other work | farmer |
Website | Manor of Mixed Blessings |
Andrea Chandler is an American farmer, writer, and retired sailor. After enlisting in the United States Navy in 1998, Chandler worked as a guided missile specialist on various destroyers,[1] serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, for which they were awarded the Navy Achievement Medal.[2] Retiring in 2008, they worked on missile systems at a defense contractor before switching to small-scale agriculture,[1] their interest spurred by 4 chickens they had been given as a wedding gift.[3]
As a farmer and science communicator, Chandler has worked with The Livestock Conservancy[4] and been covered in The Independent[3] and The Piedmont Virginian.[5] As a Navy veteran and commentator on veterans' issues, they has been published or quoted in AlterNet,[6] Quartz,[7] and XoJane.[2]