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Erika Lopez, first Tenn. woman to enlist for combat role, goes AWOL from Army (now deserter)
The Washington Times ^ | February 4, 2016 | Kellan Howell

Posted on 02/04/2016 10:11:21 AM PST by jazusamo

The first woman in Tennessee and the fourth in the nation to enlist as a combat engineer in the Army went AWOL last month and is now considered a deserter, according to a military spokesperson.

Erika Lopez made headlines in July when she enlisted for a role that could put her on the front lines of battle, just after the U.S. Army lifted its ban on women in combat roles.

Ms. Lopez was in basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, by September but was placed on convalescent leave by the end of the year, according to a local CBS affiliate.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: awol; combat; deserter; erikalopez; socialexperiment; usmilitary; women
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To: Gamecock

How about the fat CPT next to her.


21 posted on 02/04/2016 10:22:36 AM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: jazusamo

Hollyweird convinces women they can be gi jane. The reality, they can’t


22 posted on 02/04/2016 10:22:42 AM PST by RginTN (Donald J Trump- why would the people of Ky want a rookie senator when they have Sen Mitch Mcconnell)
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To: gaijin

With child. maybe?


23 posted on 02/04/2016 10:24:01 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: jazusamo

Could something have happened to her while she was on leave?
I hope for her sake that she did desert and isn’t the victim of foul play.


24 posted on 02/04/2016 10:25:18 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Larry Lucido

Maybe she should try being in the Coast Guard. She could be the land guy. Or girl.


25 posted on 02/04/2016 10:26:06 AM PST by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: DariusBane

I’ll cut the fat Captain some slack as she appears to be pregnant.

(Which is a whole other issue.)


26 posted on 02/04/2016 10:27:10 AM PST by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: gaijin
GOOD GOD..!


27 posted on 02/04/2016 10:27:13 AM PST by gaijin
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To: Lion Den Dan

Been to Benning and I would have to say that FLW has worse weather. Rain and mud you would not believe, hot as Benning in the summer and cold nasty in the winter.

Did basic and AIT there about 46 years ago and then spent a lot of time there in the last ten years. I love Missouri, but FLW is not my preferred spot.


28 posted on 02/04/2016 10:27:17 AM PST by KC Burke
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To: Gamecock
"I would encourage her to go back into the Army"

She can't go back. She been charged with desertion. Very serious charge. AWOL will get you peeling potatoes for a few months. Desertion gets you brig time.

29 posted on 02/04/2016 10:27:42 AM PST by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: jazusamo; All

They can probably find the Little Latina Princess hiding out at her local N.O.W. Headquarters.


30 posted on 02/04/2016 10:28:31 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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31 posted on 02/04/2016 10:28:45 AM PST by gaijin
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To: Gamecock

Exactly


32 posted on 02/04/2016 10:28:49 AM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: jazusamo

I support registering all women for the draft at age 18 ,,, and let’s see how that goes over for those equal rights fems .


33 posted on 02/04/2016 10:28:49 AM PST by Lionheartusa1 ()-: ISIS is Islam without the lipstick :-()
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To: jazusamo
 photo e40007b_original_zps53d27d26.jpgAssault crossing of the Roer River. Their bridge was blown up twice before finally getting one across to stay.
34 posted on 02/04/2016 10:29:00 AM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Jack Hammer

You may have something there. Guys see that carnage too, but they don’t go on to become mothers. My niece, who saw every burned, mangled body in the emergency room in Mosul, as an Army nurse, is definitely a different parent than she would have been without having seen such horrors. She has PTSD, making her dream horrific dreams. She is overly protective of her pre-K kids, and overly tired, because sleep brings no rest. She will always be fighting this raincloud over an otherwise blessed life.


35 posted on 02/04/2016 10:29:28 AM PST by married21 ( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: gaijin

Middle, yes, but check out the BLIMP there on the right, wow..! What a FAT officer.

That’s ridiculous.

“A Wimp and a Blimp”...


36 posted on 02/04/2016 10:29:42 AM PST by AFret.
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To: Larry Lucido

No, but there are Combat Baristas.


37 posted on 02/04/2016 10:31:07 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: gaijin

38 posted on 02/04/2016 10:31:28 AM PST by gaijin
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Is that the grisly mess sergeant who ladles out the coffee?


39 posted on 02/04/2016 10:32:21 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: gaijin

“What a FAT officer.”

I think they call that PREGNANCY. I could be wrong, but that’s what it looks like to me.


40 posted on 02/04/2016 10:32:22 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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