Joy Craig’s childhood was anything but stable. After graduating high school, foster care forced her out, and she was homeless. Until she enlisted.
Joy Craig
Joy Craig is an emerging writer and activist focused on veterans and women’s issues. She’s retired from the Marine Corps after 23 years of service as an aviation ordnance officer and drill instructor. During her service she was awarded the Navy Commendation and Meritorious Service medals.
After years of technical writing, Craig rediscovered her love of creative writing upon retirement. She’s spent the past two years penning the forthcoming memoir, “Men Behaving Badly,” focusing on her experiences in the Marine Corps. Craig is a native Californian residing in the South Carolina Lowcountry with her two daughters. She donates her time coaching DragonBoat Beaufort and is a member of the Leadership Beaufort program. She is a 2017 War Horse fellow.
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Time Stood Still That Morning on Parris Island
Joy Craig walked into the base’s coffee shop and found people huddled around the TV. Then the second plane hit.
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Reliving Military Sexual Trauma on Her Last Day of Active Duty
Joy Craig hadn’t wanted to spend her last morning of active duty reliving sexual assaults, but there she sat in the base NCIS office, talking with an agent.
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Marines’ Wives Are All the Same, She Thought. And Then She Met Liesel
Joy Craig writes in an open letter about the chasm between Marines’ wives and female Marines, and about a budding friendship that has softened her distrust.
