Afghanistan veteran and founder of American Women Veterans, Genevieve Chase, 32, of Alexandria, Va., poses for a portrait in Washington, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. A staff sergeant in the Army Reserves, Chase said that after her service the same guys she'd been close comrades with in Afghanistan didn't invite her to get drinks with them later because their significant others wouldn't approve. 'One of the hardest things that I had deal with was, being a woman, was losing my best friends or my comrades to their families,' Chase said.
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)