Two female helicopter pilots came under heavy fire while airlifting troops. Lt. Lisa Kutschera and CWO Debra Mann both have been nominated for the Air Medal, the first women so honored. Private First Class Christina Proctor captured an enemy soldier, and Staff Sergeant April Hanley directed a small unit of soldiers near the Vatican embassy, where Noriega holed up for eleven days. Due to the inability to serve in combat, many women will not be promoted in the military. Gaining rank requires command experience in air, sea, or ground attacks.
Female athletes prove that they can carry, lift, run, and throw as well as men.
Just because you're not in a combat unit doesn't mean you won't be in combat. In the back lines with the supply details, communications equipment and refueling planes. I can fly that F-15 just as well a man. I volunteered for the Army, not the Girl Scouts. On a ship, war is high tech.