I thought you might be interested in taking a look at a website my students and I put together a few years ago about women in the military. It profiles four women who served during four different decades and also addresses some of the issues women in the military face. On this weekend, let’s remember all the brave women who have served.
[url=http://www.dianemaluso.org/military/:c9933]A Few Good Women[/url:c9933]
thank you Diane. Thank you very much.
“Give me ambiguity or give me something else”
Diane,
Thank you. Folks like you and your students are what serving is all about.
When I was in the 7/17 Air Cavalry at Fort Hood, Texas I became fast friends with the crew of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in the 34th Support Battalion. All female crew on that bird and they were one S*** Hot crew! The Army kept them together for their entire career. During Operation Desert Storm they were on a night flight resupplying forward deployed units when they struck a radio tower one of the units had put up. The tower had not been reported as a new aviation hazard. They didn’t know it was there. All of them perished in the crash. How I cried when I got the news. I think of them often and still cry for them.
I honor the ladies that have served, the ones that are now serving and the ones that have made the ultimate sacrafice. They are my comrades in arms.
Eric “nighthawk”
" All gave some, some gave all. Some stood through for the red, white and blue and some had to fall. If you ever think of me, think of all your liberties and recall, Some gave all". Thanks to Billy Ray Cyrus and all our fallen soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines.
American veteran and proud of it!
Thanks. A couple of our high school girls from town (1,393 pop) went into the service a few years back. Neither were “hallway queens” and were a little shy. Perhaps the overcompensated in other ways to gain in popularity. It’s hard to say what happened once they were in but both returned home as mature women, fully assured of themselves. We’ve witnessed this so many times with the boys-to-men, so it was heartening to see the same for the girls-to-women. One is now married and just had her first child. Loves fishing. One day I’m hopeful of seeing her with a flyrod in her hands. Right now she’s teasing me about it. The other woman was out of active duty for a few years, never really settled back in to the unstructured life around here, and re-upped sometime after 9/11. She was in Iraq for at least one tour. She was a good kid, although things changed when her mother remarried. As soon as she graduated from high school she entered the service. Anyway, thanks for the post. JGW
Diane,
I don’t know how I missed this post before. Thanks for posting.
Here in Canton, Ohio, Lt Sharon Lane is Memorialized. She was the first woman to give her life in VietNam. The local VietNam Vets chapter IS the “Sharon Lane” chapter. A fitting tribute.
Let’s also not forget our “Donut Dollies” of the American Red Cross. No matter what anyone may think of the organization, those gals were in VietNam with us of their own free will & we always enjoyed their visits to our unit of the 4th Infantry Division.
Mike
You can call me Mike & you can call me Mikey…Just remember that this site’s about sharing!
Diane, thanks for the link. My mother, who retired from nursing after 50+ years as a working RN, got her initial training through the Cadet Nurse Corps. I’ve got some great pictures of her in uniform. And it goes without saying that I’m quite proud of her.
aka Cap’n Yid.
As a veteran I am very glad to see your post. My daughter who is running for Michigna State Reproesentive is a veteran of the Gulf War conflict. She was a NavalX[Ray technician. She came out of the Navy, completed and gratuated from college and of course is now on ahother career path. Thank God for women military soldiers, we need them, Jonezee
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Good work.
Here in Canada, we have just recently suffered the loss of a female soldier in conflict in Afganistan.
God bless them all.
Bob
Thanks Diane,
Nice site! I served in the Navy for 20
years and on merchant vessels for another
decade. I’ve worked for women, worked with
women, and had women work for me. Most of
my experiences with women were very positive
and frankly, I have found that gender has
much less to do with capabilities than
attitude. A dedicated soldier, sailor,
marine or airman will get the job done, or
bust a gut trying, regardless of gender,
race, or any other criteria. I look forward
to the day when the demographics become
meaningless. Warm regards, Jim
Jim and I go back to when women also did the work at home during WWll. Imagine being 20 years old in the service and attending school in a aircraft factory. I’d walk thru the factory and get whistled at. What a trill!!! They made great C-47 airplanes that I later flew. WAFS–Womens Auxiliary Ferrying Comand ,civilan women, that flew planes from the factory to combat staging areas. Met a few flying large bombers and fighters. One localy that I know just turned 80 years old and still flies air races around the world. Waac’s-- Womens Army Auxiliary Corps in the service doing work so that the men could go to combat.
Bill
Diane,
Thank You so much for a wonderful site on a topic that is often overlooked. I am a soldier and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the media and the public in general very often forget the sacrifices that women make in the line of duty.