Posted on 08/05/2005 6:11:31 AM PDT by Airborne1986
By Rey Guzman August 4, 2005
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, August 4, 2005) – A pair of female Army captains temporarily traded in their camouflage uniforms and combat boots for evening gowns and high heels and entered and won each of their state beauty pageants.
First Calvary Division company commander Jeannie Deakyne and Army Reserve Capt. Rose Lopez-Keravuori, both competing in their first pageants, claimed the “Mrs.” crowns.
Deakyne, who applied for the Mrs. Texas International pageant while deployed in Taji, Iraq, won the competition May 22, while Lopez-Keravuori was named Mrs. Virginia America May 1. According to the contestants, it was the first time two Army officers were named state beauty pageant winners the same year.
“I think it’s great,” said Lopez-Keravuori, a West Point graduate who is now a military-intelligence consultant for a private, contracted firm. “It shows that you can be an Army captain, go to Iraq, like Jeannie did, and still come back and do a pageant, speak in public and look good.”
Holy crap, a hot Woop? Who'd a thunk it?
I think I am going to get back on active duty.
Alright, were do I enlist.
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
If either of them win, will they then be 'Captain America', or will they settle for 'Miss'?
= )
Oh, BTW, hubba hubba!
In the first sentence of the article, is the word "female" superflous?
She makes me want to be all I can be--again!
How many Good Soldiers will possibly die or get wounded because these 2 were out persuing "Crowns" instead of training themselves or the people under them in warfighting skills that will keep you alive in wartime. Just Wondering.
How many more good citizens will enlist because these two help show that military service doesn't rob you of a personal life?
I'm not sure. "Don't ask, don't tell," after all. ;)
Geez--lighten up!!!
You "lighten up" the "lighten up" pukes got us 9/11!
-How many Good Soldiers will possibly die or get wounded because these 2 were out persuing "Crowns"...-
Probably none, as they're Good Soldiers. I'm sure the two gals have boosted the morale of their respective units, however. Nothing negative in that.
How many warriors won't enlist because they don't want to be part of a liberal social experiment?
You're nuts...
She's the one in the middle!
I love this one!
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