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I do not comprehend why we were not issued and trained to use weapons from the very start. At a minimum we should have been armed and trained to defend ourselves and our patients when our position was in danger of being overrun. Beyond that, we should have been able to defend ourselves and our ground and air vehicles in transit. We didn't have to crew an artillery piece (though some women are quite obviously capable of doing so) - but we could with decent training fly the old Huey UH-1D firing Quad-.50 machine guns or 70 mm folding tail rockets - or you could just hand us a decent set trigger rifle and scope combination. I am not complaining. I didn't mind being protected. But, there were many times I was so very frustrated we were not allowed to suppress fire - some technicality about being medical noncombatants - did not seem to matter to the enemy forces shooting at our choppers because they knew we didn't fire back. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)

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LTC David Brown
LTC David Brown
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One of the groups not mentioned were the WASPS. These ladies flew just about every US military plane all over the world. I watched a special on them. http://www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilots-the-original-fly-girls It was fascinating. My mother was a nurse during World War II and served in North Africa and France.
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Capt Dwayne Conyers
Capt Dwayne Conyers
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The best snipers in the Russian army were female I've read.
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LTC David Brown
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One of the jobs women did that wasn't mentioned was the WASP http://www.npr.org/2010/03/09/123773525/female-wwii-pilots-the-original-fly-girls
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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Not American but still and Impressive Shooter http://www.businessinsider.com/lyudmila-pavlichenko-female-sniper
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