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doggiedynasty) wrote2012-05-28 07:13 pm
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Happy Memorial Day: A Lady and her Chopper
Hi! I'm here with dinner! HOT DAY!
I wanted to be a soldier once...but why? Furthermore, would I have had the fortitude and the dedication to be a real soldier? Would I be able to face the social pressure of peers? Would I have another smarts and focus to handle my career?
Being a pilot is quite a demanding task. You have to be an officer, which requires (?) you to have a bachelor's. Or maybe I am wrong? There is officer academy, but I am thinking about the demands of being a fighter pilot.
This lady did something extraordinary...
MUSIC!
LINK: Losing a Daughter in Combat
Read more in the link.
It’s tough for most Americans to learn much about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that the U.S. military has waged since 9/11. So it’s all the more important to pay attention when combat chronicles – and their impact back home – surface.
Anna Simon covered the 2004 death in Iraq of Kimberly Hampton for South Carolina’s The Greenville News. She became friendly with Kimberly’s mother, Ann Hampton, after writing a series of articles about Kimberly. The pair chatted with Battleland via email recently about their book, Kimberly’s Flight: The Story of Captain Kimberly Hampton, America’s First Woman Combat Pilot Killed in Battle:
How did Kimberly N. Hampton die?
Ann Hampton, mother: Kimberly was flying an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter above the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, providing cover for ground troops raiding an illicit weapons marketplace when she was shot down on Jan. 2, 2004.
She chose to lead her troops on a mission she knew would be particularly dangerous. It was a mission others were slated to lead. While her death left her father and me with a hole in our hearts that will never heal, she left a powerful legacy of dedication to her mission, to her troops, and to her country that fills us with pride.
Thank you Capt!
I wanted to be a soldier once...but why? Furthermore, would I have had the fortitude and the dedication to be a real soldier? Would I be able to face the social pressure of peers? Would I have another smarts and focus to handle my career?
Being a pilot is quite a demanding task. You have to be an officer, which requires (?) you to have a bachelor's. Or maybe I am wrong? There is officer academy, but I am thinking about the demands of being a fighter pilot.
This lady did something extraordinary...
MUSIC!
LINK: Losing a Daughter in Combat
Read more in the link.
It’s tough for most Americans to learn much about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that the U.S. military has waged since 9/11. So it’s all the more important to pay attention when combat chronicles – and their impact back home – surface.
Anna Simon covered the 2004 death in Iraq of Kimberly Hampton for South Carolina’s The Greenville News. She became friendly with Kimberly’s mother, Ann Hampton, after writing a series of articles about Kimberly. The pair chatted with Battleland via email recently about their book, Kimberly’s Flight: The Story of Captain Kimberly Hampton, America’s First Woman Combat Pilot Killed in Battle:
How did Kimberly N. Hampton die?
Ann Hampton, mother: Kimberly was flying an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter above the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, providing cover for ground troops raiding an illicit weapons marketplace when she was shot down on Jan. 2, 2004.
She chose to lead her troops on a mission she knew would be particularly dangerous. It was a mission others were slated to lead. While her death left her father and me with a hole in our hearts that will never heal, she left a powerful legacy of dedication to her mission, to her troops, and to her country that fills us with pride.
Thank you Capt!
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In sharp contrast to the peak years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Army last year took in no recruits with misconduct convictions or drug or alcohol issues, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. And soldiers already serving on active duty now must meet tougher standards to stay on for further tours in uniform, according to an Army Times article.