combat helicopter pilot

• Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq1

Background Holmstedt, a graduate of the Drake University School of Journalism,12 wrote Band of Sisters as part of her degree requirement for a master of fine arts in creative nonfiction from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.13 Holmstedt, who lived close to the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, saw the large number of women going off to war.14 She wondered what these women were feeling. In addition to the experiences already referenced, Holmstedt recounts the story of U.S. Army Captain Robin Brown, the first female pilot to be shot down in combat and survive.23 When insurgents shot down her helicopter over Fallujah with a heat-seeking missile, Brown and her co-pilot remained amazingly calm and relied on their tactical training to land the helicopter safely and to protect them o...

• Army Lawyer, The
• Nbr. 3/2008, March 2008

• Names in the News, Dec. 22

Britain's Prince Harry (photo) has said he will be deployed to Afghanistan for a second time -- almost four years after his previous secret mission was cut short when details leaked, according to a newspaper report Wednesday. The 27-year-old Harry, who is third in line to the throne, told guests at a military awards ceremony Monday night that he would likely return next year, The Sun newspaper reported. "I can't wait to get out there," Harry was quoted as saying. Harry served as a battlefield air controller in Afghanistan for 10 weeks from December 2007, but was sent home early after details were made public -- first by an Australian celebrity magazine and later on the Drudge Report website. He became the first member of the British royal family to serve in a war zone since his uncle, P...

• Bangor Daily News
• December 22, 2011

• Conflict at Top Rattles Agency

While the immediate issue was said to be [F. David Sheppard]'s job title and whether he had been required to get Senate confirmation, tensions between him and Michael Balboni, the state's homeland security czar, had been brewing for some time, according to insiders who declined to be named since they weren't authorized to speak on the matter. Some members of the approximately 120person OHS said the resignation was prompted either by Balboni's desire to assert himself and possibly put his or Paterson's, own people into the agency's leadership, or by resistance to Sheppard's military management style. A decorated combat helicopter pilot who served in Vietnam, Sheppard previously ran OHS's Weapons of Mass Destruction Task Force and is a brigadier general with the Army National Guard. He he...

• Culvert Chronicles, The
• August 27, 2009

• A Fresh Coatof History a Fresh Coat[Br][Br]of History

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• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• April 18, 2011

• Combat Veteran Heads for Iraq in Business Suit ; Frank Soares Iii of China, Who Was a Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam, Answers a Call From the Halliburton Co.

Frank Soares III was shot down six times flying helicopters over hostile fields in Vietnam, and he carries a scar from a gunshot wound on his lower left leg. This weekend, the China resident will again head to a region of conflict. The former Army aviator will leave for Baghdad on Sunday, not as a soldier but as a businessman. Soares, a 57-year-old retiree, has accepted a yearlong position as transportation chief of services for Halliburton Co.

• Portland Press Herald
• May 19, 2004

• [ Inside the Ring ]

Morale check In light of Rep. John P. Murtha's call for a quick troop pullout from Iraq, we asked some of our contacts in the field about whether Washington's mixed message on the war is hurting morale. Here is a response from an Army helicopter pilot and combat veteran:

• The Washington Times
• November 28, 2005

• Richland Graduate Dies in Afghanistan

Seven-year-old Douglas Slebodnik lost his idol when his uncle, Warrant Officer 4 Michael Slebodnik, an Army helicopter pilot, was killed in combat in Afghanistan. My son just idolized my brother. He let him into his chopper and that was just better than Superman and Spiderman combined," said Daniel Slebodnik of Richland.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• September 14, 2008

• Guardsman, 58, Is Iraq-Bound ; Age No Deferment, Vietnam Vet Says.

Nirma Johnson says it's unfair her 58-year-old husband is being deployed to Iraq when he already served his country in Vietnam and their son Robert is on his second tour there as a Navy corpsman. Mike Johnson, a National Guard helicopter combat pilot, was activated to the Texas 36th Combat Aviation Unit six months ago. More than 2,500 Army National Guard soldiers from 44 states will be deployed with the unit, which will be stationed somewhere north of Baghdad, he said.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• July 13, 2006

• [ Inside Politics ]

'A little too cute' The 'Iraq veteran' political strategy that Democrats hope will sweep them into Congress could be coming up short - much-touted vet Tammy Duckworth, a helicopter pilot who lost both legs in combat, barely won her Illinois Democratic primary," the New York Post's Deborah Orin writes.

• The Washington Times
• March 27, 2006

• Women Deserve to Serve On Subs

TO THE EDITORS: Women in the military are a fact of life. They have served well in combat and deserve to serve on submarines. As a Army helicopter pilot, I have flown with many capable and talented female aviators. Time to move on.

• Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era - Saturday Edition
• November 17, 2009