USA. Washington DC. 2017. The Ms. Veteran America competition combines equal parts femininity and militarism. During the talent competition, a woman dancing in a cheetah costume was sandwiched between testimonials of sexual abuse in the military (one in three women experiences sexual assault while serving). One veteran sang opera, while another talked about her brother’s suicide after suffering from PTSD. The T-shirt commemorating the competition is a cutout silhouette of a woman holding a baby in one hand and a machine gun in the other, with the backdrop of a red American flag.