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You know the risk going in. She has decided that she is willing to take it. Could you? Will you take her place?

If the worse should happen to her what will you say? What would you say if it happened to her fellow male airmen?

What do you say about the American pilots who were disemboweled by Japanese school children?

Bad things happen in war. But for you to write off this brave woman's service to her country as just “good for women’s lib” that is unworthy of someone who calls themselves Patriot.

a.cricket

Another Cricket,

I am all for that Airman riding the bird and shooting the gun. Most do not think of the horror or the consequences that females may encounter in combat. I served during the Gulf War. I know what the Iraqi Republican Guard did to a few females that were shot down riding in Medical helos, and the few that were caught behind the lines when the Iraqi Army crossed the border into Khafji, Saudi Arabia.

I was on float in the Persian Gulf in 2001 when W. took over the white house and asked our brave pilots to enter the Southern no-fly zone and take out air defenses that were harrasing the UN sanctioned flyovers. We sat on our taxi cab (navy boat) waiting for retaliation by insane, or the possible beach or helo assault by our unit. I know the risk. I have most likely been serving as long as that Airman has been out of diapers. You fill the body bag, see that pretty girls face. I know that men also die in combat, I know the effects of seeing that trauma. We have just not seen what the effect of females dying along side us would have on the morale of our servicemen. It use to be big news about women wanting to fly fighter jets or wanting to serve on the front lines along the males. You do not hear about that alot now. Maybe because the truth came out during the first Gulf War. We already lost one female Marine During Enduring Freedom. She was a Sergeant assigned to the KC-130 that crashed into a mountain in Afghanistan. I hope you see my point, and understand my sarcasm. I am slated to head over the pond by the end of this year. Maybe I will see her there.