A Gun for Self Defense

What level of comfort would be provided by a mace, or a loaded gun in the home? What are the perspectives of women on this question? Most women choose to not deal with deterrents for 'bad guys' due to their philosophy, comfortable lifestyle or other circumstances, and others often leave their dwelling with a 9-volt powered siren, or coach's whistle to alert others for possible help, during a crisis.

Woman Soldier Receives Silver Star
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A soldier, Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, who fought insurgents in close combat outside Baghdad, is the first woman to receive the Silver Star since World War II. Ooo-ah!

The 23-year-old National Guard soldier, originally from Bowling Green, Ky., and more recently Nashville, won the award for skillfully leading her team of military police soldiers in a counterattack after about 50 insurgents ambushed a supply convoy they were guarding on March 20, 2005.

The narrative accompanying Sgt. Hester’s citation reads: Sergeant Leigh A. Hester is cited for conspicuous gallantry in action against an armed enemy of the United States while engaged in military operations involving conflict with anti Iraq forces (AIF) as a team leader for Raven 42B, 617th Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne) stationed at Camp Liberty, Iraq on 20 March 2005, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The team’s mission was to assist Raven 42 in searching the Eastern Convoy Route for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and provide additional security to sustainment convoys traveling through their area of responsibility.