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1993<br />
2002<br />
2004<br />
U.S. <strong>Army</strong><br />
Staff Sgt. Jill Henderson is named <strong>Army</strong>’s<br />
first female “Drill Sergeant of the Year.”<br />
U.S. <strong>Army</strong><br />
Michele S. Jones is sworn in as command<br />
sergeant major of U.S. <strong>Army</strong> Reserve, the<br />
first female NCO to serve in the top enlisted<br />
position in any military component.<br />
U.S. <strong>Army</strong><br />
By year’s end, 19<br />
female soldiers are<br />
killed in the Iraq War,<br />
the most servicewomen<br />
to die as a result<br />
of hostile action<br />
in any U.S. war. U.S.<br />
<strong>Army</strong> Capt. Kimberly<br />
Hampton is the first<br />
female pilot in U.S.<br />
history to be shot<br />
down and killed by<br />
an enemy.<br />
2005<br />
2008 Jan. 24, 2014<br />
<strong>Army</strong> National<br />
Guard Sgt.<br />
Leigh Ann<br />
Hester is<br />
awarded the<br />
Silver Star<br />
Medal for gallantry<br />
in close<br />
combat.<br />
U.S. <strong>Army</strong><br />
Dennis Steele<br />
Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody pins on her fourth<br />
star, the first woman in uniformed service<br />
history to achieve the rank.<br />
Australian <strong>Army</strong><br />
About 33,000 <strong>Army</strong> positions previously<br />
closed to women will integrate by April.<br />
August 2015<br />
December 2015<br />
Defense Secretary<br />
Ash Carter declares<br />
all military<br />
combat specialties<br />
open to<br />
women.<br />
U.S. <strong>Army</strong><br />
Capt. Kristen Griest, left, and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, right, graduate from U.S. <strong>Army</strong><br />
Ranger School.<br />
U.S. Air Force<br />
20 ARMY ■ February 2016
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