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    Female Georgia Guardsmen integrate ranks of combat units [Image 2 of 2]

    Female Georgia Guardsmen integrate ranks of combat units

    FORT STEWART, GA, UNITED STATES

    09.21.2013

    Photo by Spc. Hannah Fulcher 

    48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team

    As the medical readiness noncommissioned officer in charge, Staff Sgt. Rebecca Pollock talks her heat casualty patient through an intravenous therapy to correct electrolyte imbalances. Nine female Georgia Guardsmen have been selected to integrate into combat related positions that were formerly all male. Pollock, a combat medic, will be one of those chosen to join the ranks of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team line companies. The 48th IBCT is one of nine Army National Guard infantry brigades to receive the authorization for assigning women to their maneuver battalions.
    “I know a lot of the medics over there,” continues Pollock. “A lot of them I have deployed or cross trained with. With the support I have back home and within the command team, I feel completely safe and confident going into an all male unit.”

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 09.21.2013
    Date Posted: 09.23.2013 14:50
    Photo ID: 1024226
    VIRIN: 130921-A-QM033-939
    Resolution: 2297x1997
    Size: 971.12 KB
    Location: FORT STEWART, GA, US
    Hometown: FLOVILLA, GA, US

    Web Views: 115
    Downloads: 13

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