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Lisa Jaster, once a ‘unicorn’ at Army Ranger School, will attend the State of the Union address
Over six months of training at the Army’s famously difficult Ranger School, Maj. Lisa Jaster grew to realize something, she said: She was the unicorn.
Would You Go to Mars? Meet the Four Women Astronauts Who Can't Wait to Go
Would you take the trip? The average temperature on Mars is 81 degrees below zero. But scientists say that in 15 years, we may be able to visit, even live there. Pictured here, four who'd love a ticket: astronauts Nicole Aunapu Mann, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir, and Christina Hammock Koch, photographed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
U.S. West Point Academy Swears in First Woman Commandant of Cadets
WEST POINT, N.Y. — The first female commandant of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was sworn in on Tuesday, the latest milestone for American women who now are allowed to serve all military combat roles.
Maj. Gen. Nadja West confirmed as 44th Army Surgeon General
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL Falls Church, Va. (Dec. 11, 2015) -- The Senate confirmed Thursday Maj. Gen. Nadja West to serve as the new Army Surgeon General and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM).
How the first female Ranger School grads are inspiring a new generation of West Point women
Sometimes when the going got tough at Ranger School, one of the women who graduated in August recently told an audience of West Point cadets, she would draw inner strength by thinking about the first marathon she ever ran. Other times, according to cadets who heard her speak, she said the exhaustion would be too much, as on a late night patrol when, confused by a sudden stop, she found herself talking to a bush.