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  • Capt. Godman sits with her weapon ready to move again as she and other trainees work to complete a mission at the Missouri training school for sappers. She was influenced in her choice of a military career by a cousin who had joined the Army and her brother, who had become a National Guardsman.

    Women tough it out as sappers

    Nine times each year, the best young combat engineers and soldiers are selected by their commands to attend the 28-day Sapper Leader Course, widely regarded as one of the Army's toughest schools. Since the Army in mid-May allowed female soldiers to serve in combat support jobs below the brigade level, a few women have undertaken the course.

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  • I can leave this course and say, 'Hey, a woman can do any course that's out there in the military,'" said Sgt. Hughes, a married father of two from Somerset, Ky.

    Women tough it out as sappers →

  • National Guard Staff Sgt. Anthony Hughes acknowledged that the men watched the women at first, but the women proved themselves.

    Women tough it out as sappers →

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