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Navy to allow women to serve on submarines
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Apr 29, 8:16 AM (ET)
By PAULINE JELINEK
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. policy banning women from serving on submarines passed quietly into history Thursday morning.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates notified lawmakers in mid-February that the Navy would be lifting the ban – unless Congress objected.
Navy spokesman Lt. Justin Cole said the deadline for Congress to object passed at midnight without action.
The Navy plans a press conference later Thursday to talk about the new policy that will allow women to serve along side men on submarines.
No CommentsCourage and Teamwork, THE definition…
You’re a 19 year old kid and you’re critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam. It’s November 11, 1967 LZ (landing zone) X-ray.
Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding officer) has ordered the MedEvac helicopters to stop coming in.
You’re lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns and you know you’re not getting out.
Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you’ll never see them again.
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know… this is the day.
Then – over the machine gun noise – you faintly hear that distinctive sound… its a helicopter.
You look up to see a Huey coming in but … It doesn’t seem real because no MedEvac markings are on it.
He’s not MedEvac so it’s not his job, but he heard the radio call and decided he’s flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire anyway, even after the MedEvacs were ordered not to come. Captain Ed Freeman is coming in for you anyway. And he drops in the midst of the firefight and sits there, as they load 3 of you at a time on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses and safety.
And, he kept coming back!! 13 more times!! Until all the wounded were out.
No one knew until the mission was over that the Captain had been hit 4 times in the legs and left arm. He took you and 29 of your buddies out that day. Some would not have made it without the Captain and his Huey.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Ed Freeman, United States Air Force, died last Wednesday at the age of 70, in Boise, Idaho Shamefully there was little fanfare or mere notice by the national media of this TRUE American Hero.
We at Casa Ole 290 believe that extraordinary teamwork is the key to our success. This awesome story is not only one of great courage but it also illustrates that teamwork which is second nature for our military, they understand they must operate this way on a battlefield every day to stay alive and keep us safe.
By no means are we attempting to equivocate our work ethic to this American Hero’s however, we do believe it serves as a great example of what can be accomplished when one steps up to do more than our job description entails.
May God bless Captain Freeman and every member of our armed services. We are forever grateful for you and your families service and sacrifice.
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