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Attack pilot

Momma made her join the Army, so Rachal Franklin became a pilot, an Apache gunship pilot.

"Though women are still barred from infantry and other ground combat units, this [Iraq] is the first war in which female U.S. troops have been authorized to shoot back. And they have – as helicopter gunners, military police, and even truck drivers forced to defend themselves on a battlefield with no clear frontlines."

Good read about our women at arms.