Rules that limit female soldiers’ careers likely to change
By Lance M. Bacon - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Apr 17, 2011 9:19:44 EDT
Posted : Sunday Apr 17, 2011 9:19:44 EDT
Ten months after she graduated from West Point, 1st Lt. Maxine Gourley was in Afghanistan.
During numerous route-clearing missions in the dangerous Pech and Konar valleys, her engineer platoon was hit at least 30 times with direct-fire engagements, indirect fire or improvised explosive devices.
Most engagements were not the typical hit-it-and-get-it. The area was littered with the professional and well-armed Haqqani network, and firefights lasting more than 10 hours were not uncommon. As ground commander, she had to communicate with higher headquarters, call for indirect fire and maneuver her soldiers into defensive perimeters and to repel assaults.
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