Facts: - placeofburial label: place of burial - allegiance: united states of america - serviceyears: 1992 - present - unit: hmh-466 hmh-769 - name: sarah deal burrow - branch: united states marine corps - image: sarah deal photo from 1997.jpg - rank: lieutenant colonel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sarah deal .
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ltcol sarah deal burrow , united states marine corps , became the first female marine selected for naval aviation training , and subsequently the marine corps ' first female aviator in 1993 .deal earned a bachelor of science degree in aerospace flight technology from kent state university in 1992 .she was commissioned a second lieutenant in the marine corps in may 1992 .though she had already earned her pilot 's license while in college , the marine corps did not yet have any female aviators .after basic school at quantico , she attended air traffic control school .when u.s. military policy was changed to allow women to fly combat aircraft in 1993 , deal requested to become an aviator .she was selected for training in july 1993 .she began her flight training at naval air station pensacola in the t-34c turbo mentor aircraft .she went on to helicopter training in the th-57 sea ranger helicopter and earned her aviator 's wings on april 21 , 1995 .deal was assigned to marine heavy helicopter squadron 466 as a ch-53e pilot .deal completed her active duty service in 2004 and transferred to the marine corps reserve .in may 2006 , deal was assigned to hmh-769 where she serves as a reserve ch-53e pilot .ltcol deal is married to philip m. burrow , a former navy f-14 tomcat pilot who now flies for united airlines .they are the parents of twin boys and a third son born in november 2006 .