Female Soldiers (MP) in Combat - A Detailed Report
Finding Joy in Order
This was originally posted by Blackfive and linked by Glenn Reynolds and while they certainly don't need any hits from my pathetic amount of traffic I do want those of you who don't read them regularly to give this story a look.
"When we first started taking fire, I just looked to the right and saw seven or eight guys shooting back at us — muzzle flashes...At first, I shot one guy. I saw him fall" - Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester
And for the anal retentives out there:
The sergeant runs low on ammo and runs back to a vehicle to reload. She moves to her squad leader's vehicle, and because this squad is led so well, she knows exactly where to reach her arm blindly into a different vehicle to find ammo-because each vehicle is packed exactly the same, with discipline.