Just as congress is debating whether or not women should have a more restricted role in the armed forces:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050616/ap_on_re_us/woman_silver_star
She killed at least three enemy combatants herself. I’m impressed.
There’s a lot of good stuff on this debate at Phil Carter’s web site, http://www.intel-dump.com. Phil is a lawyer and veteran, and very much pro women in the military.