This is the seventh installment in the weekly Honored Role Series. Her packing list includes body armor, a Kevlar helmet, a M-16 rifle, 3 pairs of desert tan boots, and 4 sets of camouflage uniforms; wrapping up the list are a set of pink, plaid flannel pajamas, a “Pride & Prejudice” DVD, Hello Kitty office […]
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“Full Participation for our sisters-in-arms”
December 14, 2009 in Issues
The Washington Post Saturday, December 12, 2009 By Donna McAleer and Erin Solaro By this time next year, U.S. troops will have been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviets were. The United States has been engaged in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq longer than in any previous war. Not factoring in the increase in soldiers […]
Honored Role Series (Part 6): Maj. Mindy Kimball – Shooting for Stars
December 11, 2009 in Role Models
This is the sixth installment in the weekly Honored Role Series. Pondering science, space, and astronomy inspires US Army Major Mindy Kimball, because she has long dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Many astronauts begin their space quests in the military, which is where Mindy hopes her quest is beginning as well. Mindy grew up in […]
Honored Role Series (Part 3): Maj. Stephanie Ahern – Soldier, Scholar, and Mother
November 13, 2009 in Role Models
This is the third installment in the weekly Honored Role Series. Before kindergarten Stephanie Ahern drafted her life plan; graduate high school, attend a good college, earn a masters degree and then a doctorate, like her father a metallurgical engineer, work for a year or two and than get married. That is as far as […]