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On June 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings MJ Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Despite being wounded, she fought the enemy and saved the lives of her crew and their patients. But soon she would face a new battle: to give women who serve on the front lines the credit they deserve. . . . After being commissioned into the U.S. Air Force, MJ Hegar was selected for pilot training by the Air National Guard, finished at the top of her class, then served three tours in Afghanistan flying combat search and rescue missions, culminating in a harrowing rescue attempt that would earn MJ the Purple Heart as well as the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor Device. But it was on American soil that Hegar would embark on her greatest challenge—to eliminate the military’s Ground Combat Exclusion Policy, which kept female armed service members from officially serving in combat roles despite their long-standing record of doing so with honor. In Shoot like A Girl, MJ takes the reader on a dramatic journey through her military career: an inspiring, humorous, and thrilling true story of a brave, high-spirited, and unforgettable woman who has spent much of her life ready to sacrifice. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Adobe EPUB eBook. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle. |
| Other edition |
Print version: Hegar, Mary Jennings. Shoot like a girl New York, New York : New American Library, [2016] 9781101988435 |
| Subject |
Hegar, Mary Jennings.
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United States. Air Force -- Women -- Biography.
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United States. Air Force -- Women -- Crimes against.
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United States. Air Force -- Search and rescue operations -- Afghanistan.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives.
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Helicopter pilots -- United States -- Biography.
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Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Sexual harassment in the military -- United States.
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Search and rescue operations -- United States.
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United States -- Air National Guard -- Biography.
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Electronic books.
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| Other corporate author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| Other title |
One woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front |
| ISBN |
9781101988459
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| STANDARD # |
4F5383E3-DA71-4A27-A79B-963061073AAC OverDrive |
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