Posted on Feb 4, 2016
First woman in Tennessee to enlist as combat engineer goes AWOL
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Not a good PR moment for the " Women in Combat Arms" people...
First woman in Tennessee to enlist as combat engineer goes AWOL
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If anyone out there knows PVT Erika Lopez you might want to advise her to turn herself in to the authorities.
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CSM (Join to see) It's not a good PR moment for the Army. Seriously the public is being misguided on the roles of women in the Army and their participation in combat. The Army has long had positions that placed women in combat. Ashley's War? Female MPs on LPOP, search and seizure ops, mounted patrols, convoy security, ready reaction force. What about those in Civil Affairs making direct contact with indigenous populations?
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Maybe, but I'd say that many of them, and some make soldiers who think they were, were not. Taking some rounds on a convoy isn't combat.
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CSM (Join to see) - So you would say, Leigh Ann Hester was not in combat? She received the Silver Star for her actions on 20 March 2005 during an enemy ambush on a supply convoy near the town of Salman Pak, Iraq.
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U.S. Army Infantry Platoon Female Combat Medic
Video of an infantry platoon female combat medic. Produced by Staff Sgt. Jessica Wilson. Courtesy Video | 215th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | Date: 03.2...
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She's not first in. She's just the first from Tennessee. LOL. This is ridiculous publicity. I was on the trail this summer at Fort Leonard Wood and there were a handful of female combat engineers going through basic.
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Maybe she was first to enlist but obviously she didn't make it. She got hurt and went on con leave and never came back. Shame.
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