<p>A 45 degree bank left or right in a helicopter puts your body under pressure, just like middle age. You are in a battle balancing careers, parenthood, relationships, aging, and all that comes with it....more
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Darisse Smith is a former Army helicopter pilot, Iraq War veteran and freelance journalist living in Southern California. She has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Davidson College, and a Bachelor's Degree in Literary Journalism from UC-Irvine. She likes to tell true stories to elicit discussion of greater issues. She has been married to her husband, Jeff for 22 years. They have a son, Devin, who is 12. She enjoys swimming, lifting weights, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and watching her son play whatever sport he is into at the time.