RAF Chief Technician emerges a double winner at the Women in Defence Awards
RAF Chief Technician Emma Morgan has been named a double winner at this year's Women in Defence Awards.
CT Morgan went home with the Resolute Spirit award and the coveted Woman of the Year 2023 title following the ceremony at Guildhall in London.
The event recognises outstanding achievements and initiatives from those in and around the military community, and CT Morgan was held up as an inspiration for female personnel.
CT Morgan lost both of her parents early in her career and then made it out of an abusive relationship, going on to help set up the Defence Domestic Abuse Survivors Community and Network.
She told Forces News: "In order to overcome adversity you've got to put yourself into some uncomfortable situations.
"I feel like I've come out of it a lot stronger, having maybe helped other people along the way."
Awards founder Angela Owen and special guest Andrew Murrison, the Minister for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families, joined in celebrating women from the Armed Forces and industry.
But they also took the opportunity to mention a military culture in need of improvement regarding the treatment of women.
Ms Owen said she was immensely proud of defence and its people, but said she was "not sure I like the culture" saying the atmosphere needs to change.
'Immensely proud'
Sapper Hermione Romain won the Emerging Talent award for her work in Mali as a UN peacekeeper.
She told Forces News: "Before I went to Mali I asked my local village for sanitary products, glasses, things like that.
"We got hundreds of donations and when I went to Mali we delivered them to locals."
The awards recognise women for going above and beyond, something that Sapper Romain said made her "immensely proud".
"That's the take away. We do get noticed, whether it takes one year or five, we will get there," she explained.
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