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Mary Jennings Hegar: The Soldier Who Pushed To Okay Women For Combat

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A Purple Heart Warrior Takes Aim At Military Inequality In ‘Shoot Like A Girl’:

“I think of myself as a bit of a mother bear, and if anybody poses a threat to my kids they’ll see both my mother’s heart and my warrior spirit,” she said, before namedropping 1st century warrior queen Boudica – a previous RP!

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