Frances A. Cheever

Frances A. Cheever served in the United States Army for three decades as a Senior NCO (E-7) and an Officer in the Army Nurse Corps, making her one of the few female "Mustangs." Primarily sta ...Show More

Frances A. Cheever served in the United States Army for three decades as a Senior NCO (E-7) and an Officer in the Army Nurse Corps, making her one of the few female "Mustangs." Primarily stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, she had the honor to care for America's Wounded Warriors, along with countless Service men and women, Veterans and Family members. Retired Major A. Cheever, a certified trauma nurse and Mobilization Officer provides an insightful and unique perspective into her military action screenplays, Rally Point and Derailed. As a franchise or episodic series it showcases the way ahead for combat medicine and will allow the military genre to be seen in a new enticing way. America is curious, hungry to know, understand who we are, what we do, challenges of the opposition of policies such as: Combat Exclusion Policy; allowing women in combat, Wounded Warrior amputees, back in action, back in command, Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT), Battlefield Advance Directive, Green-card Warriors. Rally Point has all of the ingredients to be the next pop culture phenomenon. It is her hope to help pave the way for Veterans to get their "Boot in the door."Rally Point, a top 5 finalist for the Military Veterans in Productions (MVP) screenwriting contest, selected for the GI Film Festival 2015 screenplay contest, the WIFV "Spotlight on Screenwriters" catalog and was a featured screenwriter for the International Screenwriter's Association.Frances co-produced a winning short at the GI Film Festival "My VA Experience," and she is showcased in the VA national campaign, "It Matters." She is on the advisory board for the GI Film Festival, a member of Veterans in Film & Television, American Legion Post 43 Hollywood, and Women in Film, Television & Video. Frances has a Masters in Producing Film, Television and Video from American University. Frances's image is famously featured in the Freedom of Assembly mural at the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Hide