Shoot like a girl, one woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front, Mary Jennings Hegar
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Shoot like a girl, one woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front, Mary Jennings Hegar
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
platesillustrations
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Shoot like a girl
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922909247
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Mary Jennings Hegar
Sub title
one woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front
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: a 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."--Jacket
resource.variantTitle
One woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front
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- Rescue work -- United States
- Personal narratives
- Hegar, Mary Jennings
- Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001- -- Récits personnels
- Personal Narrative
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Afghanistan
- Discrimination à l'égard des femmes -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 21e siècle
- Pilotes d'hélicoptère -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Harcèlement sexuel dans les forces armées -- États-Unis
- United States -- Air National Guard -- Biography
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 + Search and rescue operations -- United States
- États-Unis -- Air National Guard -- Biographies
- Autobiographies
- Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 + Personal narratives
- Helicopter pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Autobiography
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives
- Récits personnels
- Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001- + Opérations de recherche et de sauvetage -- États-Unis
- Sexual harassment in the military -- United States
- Helicopter pilots -- Biography
- Sex discrimination -- United States -- History
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- Creator1
- Genre5
- Subject23
- Rescue work -- United States
- Personal narratives
- Hegar, Mary Jennings
- Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001- -- Récits personnels
- Personal Narrative
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Afghanistan
- Discrimination à l'égard des femmes -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 21e siècle
- Pilotes d'hélicoptère -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Harcèlement sexuel dans les forces armées -- États-Unis
- United States -- Air National Guard -- Biography
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 + Search and rescue operations -- United States
- États-Unis -- Air National Guard -- Biographies
- Autobiographies
- Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 + Personal narratives
- Helicopter pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Autobiography
- Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives
- Récits personnels
- Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001- + Opérations de recherche et de sauvetage -- États-Unis
- Sexual harassment in the military -- United States
- Helicopter pilots -- Biography
- Sex discrimination -- United States -- History
- Content1
- Author1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1