This week on q a, Eileen Rivers discusses her book the end the call. Brian why did you call your book beyond the call . Ms. Rivers thank you so much for having me. I enjoy being here. I really wanted to emphasize these women, i featured three women, they really went beyond the call as their regular duties to help women in afghanistan, help fight in afghanistan. These women were taking on responsibilities nobody expected them to at the beginning of this war. It was about them going beyond the call of duty to help women in afghanistan and further the mission. Brian your dedication to betsy coleman, willa brown, and all the other groundbreaking female s past and present those stories are too rarely told. What is behind that . Ms. Rivers there are so many women i would have loved to have gone more in depth in this book on their story. There are so many women who have served in the military since the beginning of the foundations of country. I featured Deborah Sampson during the revolutionar
Book beyond the call . Ms. Rivers thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate being here. I really wanted to emphasize these women, i featured three women, they really went beyond the call as their regular duties to help women in afghanistan, help fight in afghanistan. These women were taking on responsibilities nobody expected them to at the beginning of this war. It was about them going beyond the call of duty to help women in afghanistan and further the mission. Brian your dedication to betsy coleman, willa brown, and all the other groundbreaking females past and present those stories are too rarely told. What is behind that . Ms. Rivers there are so many women i would have loved to have gone more in depth in this book on their story. There are so many women who have served in the military since the beginning of the foundations of country. I featured Deborah Sampson during the revolutionary war. A lot of people dont know about her. Betsy coleman and willa brown are also wom
Mueller volunteered to face those horrors. That sense of duty is the essence of Public Service. Robert mueller enlisted in the marines just a few weeks after graduating from princeton in 1966, went through the demanding programs of the Army Ranger School and airborne school. He then spent a year in combat on the ground in the jungles of vietnam, leading an infantry platoon. The Washington Post described the conditions the regiment faced as a, quote, hellscape, unquote, of bloody jungle warfare, unquote. It was under these difficult circumstances that mr. Mueller received the bronze star for, quote, heroic achievement after leading his fellow marines through an eighthour battle where under enemy fire, quote, Second Lieutenant mueller fearlessly moved from one position to another, directing the accurate counterfire of his men and shouting words of encouragement to them. He then skillfully supervised floor evacuation of casualties from the hazardous fire area, unquote. Just four months la
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The military's toughest training challenges have a lot in common with outdoor sufferfests like the Barkley Marathons and the Leadville Trail 100: you have to be fit and motivated to make the starting line, but your mind and spirit are what carry you to the end. A Ranger graduate breaks down an ordeal that shapes some of the nation's finest soldiers.