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Women in Combat Here to Stay

Be Fearless BlogBy Carey Lohrenz January 24, 2013 Leave a comment

By Carey Lohrenz Nearly 15 percent of the United States’ 1.5 million active duty military personnel are women, and more than 255,000 women have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Restrictions on the roles of women in combat have a long and colorful history in the U.S. Military. Even as opportunities for women to serve in…

I Served My Country and Lost My Privacy

Be Fearless BlogBy Carey Lohrenz May 15, 2012 Leave a comment

By Carey Lohrenz My article was just posted in the Huffington Post Women have been flying military aircraft since 1942. The WASPs, or Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, ferried 12,650 fighter and bomber planes all over the US, Canada and overseas when needed. They also instructed Air Corps pilots and towed practice targets for combat pilots.…