Women inside the U.S Army

Hello people, welcome to JBerrios Career post. I selected this week to talk about a group inside the U.S. Army that sometimes people see it rare. This group has been part of the U.S. Army in numerous wars, conflicts and moments and sometimes we don’t recognize their work. Sometimes people think that they are the weaker sex and they can’t do the same work of the men. Other people think that the Army is not for them and underestimate or doubt theirs skills. This post is dedicated to all women inside the U.S. Army and the important contribution that they do every year in the Armed Forces.

The participation of the women inside the U.S. Army began in 1775 with the creation of this U.S. Armed Forces branch. In the beginning they aren’t part of the Army, but they worked as nurse, seamstresses and cooks for the soldiers on the field. During years they had orders of help in important activities to the Army, but outside of it. In 1941 was created the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corp (WAAC) where the women receive the basic training and the specialization was limited to company administration, supply and mess management. Also in 1942 was created the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and participated 25 ladies in this program. She must also pass physical exams and complete navigation, meteorology, radio and Morse code, use of firearms, military courtesy and discipline, military law and instrument training. The mission of these women was deliver planes from the factory to military bases inside U.S.  In one year increase the number of women pilots to approximately 1,074. In the World War II 160 members of the WAAC died in non-combat causes and more than 639 medals awarded including Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Soldier’s Medal, Bronze Stars, Air Medal, Purple heard and received three Presidential Citations. The enlistment of women increase years to years and now is very different of the segregation that existed in those years. Today the women in the Army train with men together in some Army bases. Until last year the army didn’t accept women in infantry, artillery or other combat specialization or MOS, but now is a reality. President Obama signed an order to approve the participation of ladies inside combat MOS and now we have some women qualified for Rangers school. Also we have ladies in airborne school and other that are airborne already. Yesterday I saw news where talk about the Marines Captain Katie Higgins that is the new Blue Angels pilot. I know that she isn’t part of the U.S. Army, but She is part of the U.S. Armed Forces and she is a good example of the things that females can do inside the Army. The Blue Angels is a team that make airshows across the world with the best pilots of the U.S. Navy and the point of this lady is part of this team is very significant to all female that want do a military career. If Captain Higgins did, you can do it in your area of interest.  

As you can see in this post, the females have been important part in the Armed Forces during the creation of it. They passed for discrimination and segregation of the people, because think that they can’t do the job. Now we can see the opposite of this belief with the act of strong women that joint to the Army and do an excellent work as enlisted, warrant officer and officers. The only thing that they needed was the opportunity of show us their skills. To all ladies that read this post, thanks for your service inside the U.S. Army, for leave your friends, family and your children behind for your mission and your country.  

WAAC/WAC (2015) Women in the U.S. Army. April 15, 2015, complied from: http://www.army.mil/women/history/wac.html

The Blue Angels’ First Female Pilot is Showing Girls the Skies are the Limit in Striking Fashion (2015) Lawrence Bonk, IJReview. April 13, 2015, complied from: http://www.ijreview.com/2015/04/294024-blue-angels-pilot-took-flight-first-time-made-history/

Blue Angels’ first female pilot takes flight (April 10, 2015) Youtube. April 13,2015, complied from:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FYJFZOXWiM