Col. Leslie Zyzda Martin faced unsubstantiated complaints during her time leading Volk Field. Her termination followed years of allegations of the Guard not supporting women.
Author Archives: Katelyn Ferral / Wisconsin Watch
Katelyn Ferral is a freelance investigative reporter. She was previously on the investigative team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel where she re-launched the paper’s Public Investigator initiative and executed several long-form investigative projects. Prior to that, she was the investigative reporter at The Capital Times in Madison, Wis. where her reporting on neglect at the state’s veteran nursing homes led to sweeping changes in how the homes were managed and the resignation of a state agency head and several deputies. She has an expertise in military reporting and has extensively written about corruption and sexual misconduct in the National Guard. In 2019 and 2020 she was an O’Brien Fellow for Public Service Journalism. Her investigation from that fellowship contributed to the resignation of Wisconsin’s longtime Adjutant General.
