Yes she is medical, makes glasses for folks but is looking into Phy Assist. She kind of joined late, her husband was infantry and got out and she joined it. She was first in her company on the rifle range in basic and missed one point of winning the batallion. She claims she is going to stay in for a career. She goes to NCO acadamy in January.
I spent 11 years on active duty but got RIF'ed after Vietnam. I stayed in the USAR and was able to retire from that plus the VA rated me at 100% disability for PTSD problems. I spent most of my active duty in EOD (Bomb Disposal) with tours in Korea and Vietnam. If I had the second chance I would do it all over again. I am still proud of what we tried to do in Vietnam.
Cool! My family is proud of you and what you all did. Thank you for serving and defending us! Congrats on your family as well, you must be proud.
My daughter, 3rd Brigade, 1st AD, nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, aced expert on all her weapons. She was recommend for sniper school, got all the way to the top in the chain of command, and was shot down because she's female. She was really bummed, because, she's that good. I told her, chin up, she'll set the way for other extremely qualified females. Maybe 20 years from now, the US will allow female snipers. Russia had them in WWII. I have some pics on my page, check the photo threads I have linked near the top, you'll really enjoy them.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1466729/posts
If you do check that link, look for the photo captioned 'checking weapons', that's a sniper rifle.