Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester
This young lady has become my hero....she kicked some serious terrorist butt.
Bravo for Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester!
This is the kind of story I like to read!
I saw this story on ABC News Tonight and Elizabeth Vargas kept on saying that the soldier "won" the medal. IT WAS EARNED ELIZABETH not won!
Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, vehicle commander, 617th Military Police Company, Richmond, Ky., stands at attention before receiving the Silver Star at an awards ceremony at Camp Liberty, Iraq, June 16. Hester is the first woman soldier since World War II to receive the Silver Star. Photo by Spc. Jeremy D. Crisp, USA (Click photo for screen-resolution image)
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Good on her. Glad she's on our side.
Already posted here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1424400/posts
Welcome to the club Sergeant Hester. And thanks to your other teammates that were awarded medals for engaging the enemy too. God bless all our troops!
Bump for this hero.
Here is the complete after-action report
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/focus/f-news/1371347/posts
OH,.. yah... right... Women don't belong in combat.
Show this to all the nah sayers that are trying to change the makeup of the US Army during a war.
Women don't belong in combat…..unless they're saving your a$$.
Salute PING
Excellent job!
Now, how long before the Dems start painting her as a baby killer and find some way to discredit her and demand she give back her Silver Star?
Oh, that's right...it'll happen right here with the "women don't belong in combat" minions, LOL! ;)
Damn! I salute.
I have this picture in my head - she has children and they are at the dating stage. She comes to the door to meet the young person who is taking her child out on a date.
She casually drops, "By the way - I earned the Silver Star for killing scum - when I was 23 years old".
Bravo! Kudos to all the females in our armed forces.
"A 23-year-old sergeant with the Kentucky National Guard on Thursday became the first female soldier to receive the Silver Star — the nation's third-highest medal for valor"
Great. Other than the CMOH, what medal is hight than the Silver Star?
Who was the woman who was awarded Silver Star in WWII?
