Write On: The Military Story of Kristi Scharmer
December 23, 2023
Essay by: Bryn Wilson
Mrs. Olsen’s English 10
Roseau Community School
“Go for it. I think it’s a really great experience” is what my great aunt Kristi Scharmer would tell people who want to join the military. This is Kristi’s military story.
Kristi Scharmer was born in Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City, South Dakota. After graduating from college as a nurse, the Army Nurse Corps offered her a commission to serve as a nurse with them. She accepted this offer for a few reasons: she loved listening to her father’s military stories, a woman she had always looked up to was an army nurse during W...
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