Hernandez, Julie, interviewee. Sims, Christopher (Photographer), interviewer. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. sound recording Sound recordings. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Personal narratives. lcgft eng Julie Hernandez talks about her work as a role-player at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, where members of the military are exposed to a pretend country replicating conditions overseas where they will be deployed. She discusses meeting her future husband, a fellow role-player, during training at Fort Polk. She talks about her roles as a schoolteacher who suffers an acid burn and a mother, who gives birth on an American FOB (Forward Operating Base). Recorded at the interviewee's home, Monahans, Texas, February 17, 2018. Training the Troops: Military Role-Players of Fort Polk, Louisiana: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2017-2018 (AFC 2017/019: 04702) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. Hernandez, Julie--Interviews. Clothing and dress. Job satisfaction. Seasonal unemployment. Storytelling. Military training camps--Louisiana--Fort Polk. Role playing. Fort Polk (La.)--Social life and customs. United States--Armed Forces--Civilian employees--Interviews. Training the Troops: Military Role-Players of Fort Polk, Louisiana: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2017-2018 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2017019.afc2017019_04702_sr01 Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.