Publication
After the war, Kayla Williams wrote the book Love My Rifle More Than You to address the many misconceptions about female soldiers among the public. Some people did not know whether women were allowed in the infantry (which is forbidden by law) or if they could even carry a gun.
Shortly before the release of her book, Love My Rifle More Than You (Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the US Army New York: Norton and Company Inc.,2005), Williams was nearly court martialed for bearing witness to the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners and not reporting it.
Williams lives near Washington D.C. with her husband Brian McGough (whom she met in the Army). They were married in August 2005. During an attack on his convoy, McGough took shrapnel in his head which took years to recover from. Williams cites her fiance's poor treatment in Army Hospitals as one reason she decided to change careers. Kayla and Brian just had their first child. (http://www.vetvoice.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3627) They own a three legged German Shepherd named Kelby, which means "my dog" in Arabic. Kayla currently works at a think tank in the D.C. area.
Williams has been featured in numerous interviews including ones with journalists from CNN and NPR.
During the 2008 election, Williams was an avid supporter of Senator Barack Obama for President.
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“An action is the perfection and publication of thought. A right action seems to fill the eye, and to be related to all nature.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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