Woman in Afghan action earns Silver Star

Photo from Associated Press

Spc. Monica Lin Brown from Lake Jackson Texas of 82nd Airborne Division stands guard at a forwarded operating base in Khost, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 8, 2008.

Army Specialist, Texan, and member of the mighty 82d Airborne Division Monica Brown will be the first woman to be awarded the Silver Star in Afghanistan for her heroic actions in combat (AP/Yahoo link);

A 19-year-old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second female soldier since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest medal for valor.

Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April 2007, the military said.

After the explosion, which wounded five soldiers in her unit, Brown ran through insurgent gunfire and used her body to shield wounded comrades as mortars fell less than 100 yards away, the military said.

“I did not really think about anything except for getting the guys to a safer location and getting them taken care of and getting them out of there,” Brown told The Associated Press on Saturday at a U.S. base in the eastern province of Khost.

I can’t tell you how proud I am that young, unselfish people like this woman are risking their lives for our country.

Yet I’m sickened that cowards, liars and losers will assemble in Silver Spring, Maryland to besmirch the reputation of Specialist Brown this week.

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