Posted on 12/02/2006 12:51:04 PM PST by kiriath_jearim
A goodwill mission to deliver kerosene heaters to Iraqi schools erupts into the fiery chaos of a roadside bombing -- and Maj. Mary Prophit shields a comrade so he can rescue a critically burned Iraqi soldier.
A convoy outside Baghdad is ambushed by machine-gun wielding Iraqi insurgents -- and Spc. Ashley Pullen races down a road to save an injured sergeant.
A Black Hawk helicopter is struck by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq -- and co-pilot Tammy Duckworth, bloody and severely wounded, struggles to stay conscious until the damaged aircraft is down and her crew is safe.
In Iraq and Afghanistan, women warriors are writing a new chapter in military history, serving by the tens of thousands, fending off enemy fire and taking on -- and succeeding in -- high-profile roles in the battlefield and the skies as never before.
"The American public is beginning to realize that women are playing an equal part in this war and that they are facing the same risks," says Duckworth, who lost both legs in the 2004 insurgent attack. "This is the first time in our nation's history ... when it's normal to see female names as part of the war wounded or those killed in action."
More than 155,000 women have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002, according to the Pentagon, nearly four times the number during the Persian Gulf War. Females now account for 15 percent of the active duty force.
The number of women casualties -- 68 dead and more than 430 injured -- represents a tiny fraction of the total. Still, by one estimate, the deaths exceed the number of military women who lost their lives in Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War combined.
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Thank you for posting this.
I am very proud of all of the women who are fighting.
As soldiers, women are great nurses.
The Liberals want women get equal treatment everywhere, but now it's Bush's Fault they are where they demanded to be.
I'm not sure you read the article. Nobody is complaining in it about anything.
No, no , no, just kidding honest!
Or doctors.
Outrageous. Women soldiers should not be fighting, and should not be in harm's way to this extent.
Don't let Jim Webb know about this.
Me too. Proud, and a little jealous of them.
Me too....I don't guess they take Namas though...LOL
I wish I was 20 :~)
Yeppers...sigh
There are no "major battlefields" in Iraq.
Our troops are sitting ducks and many personnel who may have been in support roles in conventional war operations are now victims of ambushes and snipers...including the valiant women in our fighting forces.
There are of course certain exceptions, but this type of military action is not carried out on a battlefield.
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So the story is very likely more Dem Bullsh*t to set up a withdrawl of our forces and created by the Liberal LeftWing MSM.
Fact is the "poster" of this item is a "very busy poster".
A regular newsboy posting "stuff" manty times each day.
How many times have you posted a news story?
Not to worry. This guy's got you AND me and the rest of the chickens covered with his "posts".
All of this in record on his "in forum" spot. Check it out.
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