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Just last year, Hawkes was appointed by the US Secretary of Defense to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Armed Forces, and as of this August, she has served as Executive Vice President of Story Rock Electronic Publishing, and as the president of its military division. (Twitter/SharleneHawkes)