DETROIT (AP) — Alexis Derriso enlisted in the U.S. Army as a 19-year-old in 1980, following a father and brother who had served in the military.
Derriso went through basic training and spent six years in the Army, mostly handling personnel management and other administrative duties.
Today, as founder and chief executive of the 640-member Motown Women Veterans Association, she wants others to understand that women like her sacrificed as much as men, and sometimes more, in service to their country…