Captain Vernice Armour on Oprah Winfrey
2006 NAWV Honoree
One of the few and the proud, during the start of the war in March 2003, United States Marine Corps captain Armour was one of 1,500 female Marines in the Persian Gulf fighting to dismantle the regime of Saddam Hussein in Operation Iraqi Freedom. During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Vernice flew above the deserts of Iraq in her missile-equipped attack helicopter (employing her aircraft in combat pictured at left), engaging the enemy and scouting the roads from her cockpit, making sure they were safe for her fellow Marines and soldiers on the ground. She has completed 2 combat tours of duty in the Gulf.
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