Childish? Why don’t you tell that to these five women?
When asked what he thought of the Pentagon’s decision to formally open up combat roles to women, Santorum replied: “It could be a very compromising situation, where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved.”
Kim Voelz - Kim, who was part of the Army’s elite bomb squad, was killed at just 27 years of age while trying to defuse an explosive device.
Staff Sergeant Kametra Smith - Last year, Sergeant Smith surprised her 4-year-old daughter at school after returning from home from Iraq. Her daughter almost bursts from excitement, and the homecoming is one of the most heart-warming you’ll ever see.
Robin Roche-Paull Author of the book ‘Breastfeeding in Combat Boots’. Not only is she a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where she served as an aircraft mechanic, she breastfed her son while on active duty. Talk about dedication — to her country and her child!
Sgt. LaJuanna Baker and Cpl. Andrea Moreira-Rios - Baker and Moreira-Rios were approached by a midwife in Afghanistan to see if they would help deliver a local baby while they were handing out “hygiene packets” at a local health clinic. Of course, the two women said yes, and the rest is history. Not so sure a man would have been able to deal with something like that.
Florence Green - Last weekend Florence Green passed away at the age of 110. Her claim to fame? She was the last-known World War I veteran.