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375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron trains with Royal Canadian AF Staff Sgt. Alyssa Dutkiewicz checks vital signs during a training exercise July 13, 2013.
 

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These pretty pictures are fine, but anyone with stories about valour in combat by women soldiers?
Sir, See what I found.
Leigh Ann Hester

raq War[edit]
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Hester's squad of two women and eight men in three Humvees were shadowing a 30-truck supply convoy when approximately 50 insurgent fighters ambushed the convoy with AK-47 assault rifle, RPK machine gun fire and rocket propelled grenades (RPG). The squad moved to the side of the road, flanking the insurgents and cutting off their escape route. Hester maneuvered her team through the kill zone and into a flanking position, where she and her squad leader, Staff Sergeant Timothy F. Nein, assaulted a trench line with hand grenades and M203 grenade launcher rounds. Hester and Nein assaulted and cleared two trenches. During the 25-minute firefight, Hester killed at least three enemy combatants with her M4 carbine.[7]
When the battle was over, 27 insurgents were dead, six were wounded, and one captured. Sergeants Hester and Nein were both awarded the Silver Star.[7] Nein's was later upgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross.[8]
Also awarded the Silver Star in this ambush was platoon combat medic Specialist Jason Mike, who took up and simultaneously fired an M4 carbine and M249 SAW light machine gun in defense of his comrades.[7]
 
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Capt. Christine Gant, the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade fire coordination officer, speaks with Republic of Korea Air Force Academy Maj. Park, Min-kyung about the U.S. Patriot missile system during a visit Jan. 21, 2014. Nearly 100 cadets attended the trip to learn about the U.S. Patriot missile and Army air defense. Public Domain
 

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