Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front

“A must-read about an American patriot whose courage and determination will have a lasting impact on the future of our Armed Forces and the nation.”—Senator John McCain

On July 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, 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 long-standing record of doing so with honor.
 
In Shoot Like a Girl, MJ 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 spent much of her life ready to sacrifice everything for her country, her fellow man, and her sense of justice.       

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

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• Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
• Danger Close: My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
• Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq
• Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military
• Band of Sisters
• A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies from America's First Female Four-Star General
• Danger Close: My Epic Journey as a Combat Helicopter Pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan
• Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military
• Love My Rifle More than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army