Shoot Like a Girl by Mary Jennings Hegar

Her book Shoot Like a Girl was published in March 2017 by Penguin Berkley Caliber, and the movie has been optioned by TriStar, with Angelina Jolie reported to be negotiating the lead role. She continues to write and speak publicly about her experiences in the military and her fight for increased military readiness through equality. Hegar teaches in the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, mentors cadets at the university, and serves on the AFROTC Advisory Committee. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas, an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and is a graduate of Leadership Austin's Essential Class of 2015.

Afghanistan Campaign Medal with one service starĪs of late 2016, Hegar lives in Austin with her family and works as an executive coach and consultant.

Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster.

Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor Device.

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Secretary of Defense asserting that the Combat Exclusion Policy was unconstitutional. In 2012, Hegar filed suit against the U.S. Her actions on this mission saved the lives of her crew and patients, earning her the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor Device (making Hegar the sixth woman in history to receive the DFC-the first was Amelia Earhart-and only the second ever to receive it with the Valor Device).

On her third tour to Afghanistan on July 29, 2009, she was shot down on a Medevac mission and sustained wounds resulting in her being awarded the Purple Heart. ĭuring her time in the Guard, in addition to the deployments to Afghanistan, Hegar flew marijuana eradication missions, wildfire suppression with buckets of water on cargo slings, evacuated survivors from hurricane-devastated cities, and rescued many civilians on civil Search and Rescue missions in California and out at sea. Upon completion of her training at the top of her class, she served three tours in Afghanistan flying Combat Search and Rescue as well as Medevac missions. In 2004, she was selected for pilot training by the Air National Guard. Her maintenance career culminated in responsibility for 75% of all B-2 maintenance as a Captain and selection as the Company Grade Officer of the Year for 2003. She served on active duty as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer at Misawa Air Force Base, Japan, and Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri where she worked on the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the B-2 Stealth Bomber. Air Force through ROTC at The University of Texas in 1999. Mary Jennings (MJ) Hegar was commissioned into the U.S.

Shoot Like a Girl by Mary Jennings Hegar