monica brown silver star

Specialist Monica Lin Brown was born May 24, 1988 Lake Jackson, Texas. She was presented with the Silver Star by Vice President Dick Cheney in a ceremony on March 21, 2008. Monica Brown is a medic in the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division became the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the United States' third-highest medal for valor.
Soldier Receives Silver Star

After a roadside bomb detonated near a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province, Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers in April 2007 by running through insurgent gunfire using her body to shield wounded soldiers while mortar rounds fell nearby. Since females are not allowed in direct action (DA) operations, Brown was pulled back to the base at Khost shortly after the incident.
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