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EPISODE · Mar 7, 2017 · 8H 17M

Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front [Written by Major Mary Jennings Hegar]

from Access Full Audiobooks Today · host Major Mary Jennings Hegar

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/321857 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front Author: Major Mary Jennings Hegar Narrator: Cynthia Farrell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 17 minutes Release date: March 7, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4.33 of Total 3 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: 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 everything for her country, her fellow man, and her sense of justice.

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