Shoot Like a Girl
One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
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Cynthia Farrell
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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 US 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 longstanding record of doing so with honor.
In Shoot Like a Girl, MJ takes the listener 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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- Stew
- 30-08-24
Excellent real life experience
The honesty and detail of Mary’s lived experience is excellent. I would highly recommend this book to anyone not just those with a military background or interests
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- Bryn Thomas
- 22-04-24
Personal account
Great book, liked the personal account of the challenges the pilot had to become a pilot
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- Roy Szweda
- 12-12-24
how it was
champion of the place of women in Combat, thoroughly agree equally able irrespective of status..
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- Jackie
- 09-03-23
A brave, tough lady!!
Another unsung hero. This is another life we should include in schools to inspire women to feel free to choose and as a lesson that, even now, it will take women to conquer male prejudice!
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- Emma Graves
- 22-01-23
Inspiring
Showed the defiance of a woman in a "man's" world and how she thrived in it!
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-12-24
Felt like too much self promotion
I read a fair amount of these books and normally have nothing but admiration for the person giving their account. I liked for example the book ‘an officer but not a gentleman’ and the challenges the pilot faced there. Here I really disliked the lack of humility and the self promotion. The account and journey were interesting but at times being told what a warrior they were for example was just cringeworthy. Whilst I could recognise the bravery this was not an individual you could warm too or want to be led by.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-05-24
Deflection
It was apparent from early on that the author is a self licking lollipop. What could have been an entertaining story was instead littered by how great they were and that any failings were the fault of others or the system. I had hoped that it would improve as it went on but sadly not.
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