Barbara Finamore Robertson Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/968
What's in the full collection?: May 2019 oral history transcript and copies of photographs and certificates
Full biography: Barbara Robertson was born July 25th, 1992 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She spent her childhood in Italy with her mother before moving back to Massachusetts to live with her uncle during high school. Right after graduating high school she joined the Marine Corps in June 2011. Robertson did her basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina and her School of Infantry at Camp Geiger, North Carolina. She was next sent to Twentynine Palms California for wireman training. Robertson was then stationed in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina as a part of the 8th Communications Battalion. She arrived there in April 2012 and was then deployed to Afghanistan about a year later in May 2013. In Afghanistan, Robertson was stationed at Camp Bastion where she worked with communications as a wireman. After being Afghanistan for a few months, Robertson’s unit returns to Camp Lejeune in December 2013 and then is deployed to Morocco in 2015. She was in Morocco for two months to help train the Moroccan army with communications and tech support of the pilots stationed there. When she returned to the states she was stationed in Miramar, San Diego where she was a part of the Marine Wing Communication Squadron and provided air support for the pilots. In March 2016 Robertson was deployed to Isa Air Base in Bahrain and also to Kuwait. She was there for a few months for air support and then came back to Miramar, San Diego. She stayed there for two years before leaving the Marnie Corps in December 2018.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Schools and Colleges
Branch of service: Marines
Conflict: War on Terror, OEF, OIF (2001-Present)
Subject headings: United States--History--1945-
United States. Marine Corps--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Barbara Finamore Robertson, 2011; Formal portrait of Barbara Finamore Robertson, 2011

: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Basic Training Graduates, 2011; Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Platoon 4029, "P" Company, 4th Battalion, Basic Training Graduates, 16 September 2011. Barbara Finamore Robertson is pictured, front row, 7th from the left.

: Oral history interview with Barbara Finamore Robertson; Robertson discusses her training in the Marnie Corps and the traditions the Marine Corps. She goes into extensive detail about some of the stigmas of being a woman in the Marnie Corps and the military in general. Some of the other topics include woman being in combat, the Marines United Scandal, LGBTQ in the military, and transiting from the military to being a student at UNCG. Robertson also talks about her experience in Afghanistan, Morocco, Bahrain and Kuwait and she interacted with the local people. She also discusses about stigmas against the military in general and how the army is viewed by the public.

: SNCOA Corporals Course Graduates, 2014; Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA) Graduates, 25 February 2014. Barbara Finamore Robertson is pictured, 1st row, 2nd from the right.

: SNCOA Corporals Course Graduates, 2nd Squad, 2014; Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy (SNCOA) Graduates, 2nd Squad, 25 February 2014. Barbara Finamore Robertson is pictured, 1st row, 2nd from the left.

: Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy Graduates; Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy Graduates, Twentynine Palms, Ca. Barbara Finamore Robertson is pictured, 2nd row, 7th from the left.

: U.S. Marine Corps Platoon 4029, "P" Company, 2011; Platoon 4029, "P" Company, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C., 2011. Barbara Finamore Robertson is pictured, bottom row, 3rd from the left.

: U.S. Marine Corps Sergeants Course Graduates; U.S. Marine Corps Sergeants Course Graduates. Barbara Finamore Robertson is pictured, 2nd row, 1st from the left.

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