num_pages: 304
description: 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 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 her the Purple Heart as well as the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor. But it was on American soil that Hegar would embark on her greatest challenge to eliminate the militarys 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 Hegar takes the reader 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 already spent much of her life ready to sacrifice everything for her country her fellow man and her sense of justice. 
language: English
title: Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front
publisher: New American Library (Penguin-Berkley)