Welters mug shot

Welters in fatigues from a video profile on the Cardinals team website. (azcardinals.com)

Welter entered officer training school in 2007 and served a 16-month tour in Iraq. An article about her ran last week on AZCardinals.com, where she said entering the military was the “right thing to do.”

“At first, it was scary you know, but um, it’s what I signed up to do,” Welter told ABC15.

With AP