Two decades ago, Vernice Armour became the first Black woman to serve as a combat pilot in the U.S. military. She served two tours in Iraq, piloting an attack helicopter above the desert to protect her fellow Marines on the ground.
leadership knows how to take this initiative forward. should women be punished or said they can t be a part of our military in certain ways just because the men would be unruly or take advantage of the women? sexual assault is a problem in our military. hands down. men are assaulted just as well as women. so it s a problem that we need to take care of universally, militarywise. captain vernice flygirl armour. i just figured out flygirl is your nickname, right? it is. it is. all right. i just want to make sure that i had that correctly. captain, we really appreciate your time and insights on this really important issue. thank you. i appreciate that. and with women s history month and black history month coming up, it s very timely. thank you again. moments from now, anti-abortion advocates will gather in d.c. for the march on life. house speaker john boehner, former presidential candidate rick santorum are among those who will be speaking there.