First Person: First Female Marine One Pilot

Major Jennifer Grieves made history by becoming the first female pilot of Marine One, the presidential helicopter. To honor Grieves' achievement, Thursday's three-person crew was made up of women _ another first. (July 17)

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[garizable]

at least she is doing better than sitting behind a laptop and posting youtube comments....

[sam2004mai]

I believe she has a penis

[100copok]

женщина - в одном строю с убийцами детей... хвастается карательными казнями .

[CowgirlsDelight]

@member111222 Right, just as caucasians used to break out in cold sweat when they discovered their physician was African American. And today, years after the civil rights movement, no one even thinks of race anymore...only the training the individual has had. So my point is, anytime something is NEW it can be scary, but the fear is unfounded. In fact, African Americans make some of the BEST doctors, just as we're discovering females make some of the BEST pilots! : )

[CowgirlsDelight]

@NikKast1981 Thank you for your service to our country. God bless you.

[CowgirlsDelight]

@NikKast1981 Just the fact that you put the word "flying" in quotes proves that you're one of the jealous males. Whether it's a PR stunt or not...that's beside the point. Don't disrespect Major Grieves by placing the word "flying" in quotes. She DOES fly. I thought the military teaches thoroughly on the topic of respect. Were you absent for that lesson? She has the same qualifications as her male counterpart. Stop with the jealousy already and give the lady the respect she's due.

[member111222]

I've seen people (even women) breaking out in a cold sweat, completely panicking, crying like babies and begging the flight attendants to let them leave the plane after they realised after the captain's cabine announcement that it is an "all girl crew" on their next flight, which is by the way a very common situation in parts of Europe. I for myself have no problem with such a development but I may go a dozen times more to church than usual.

[NikKast1981]

@CowgirlsDelight I was in the army so i think i know a bit more about how things work......Her rank of major (along with "flying" the first chopper) is only as a PR stunt so the army and the white house can avoid conflict with feminist groups....It has happened many times in the past and it will keep happening so you can all have that false feeling of equality in the army.....Go into combat and your dreams about equality will vaporize inside just a few minutes if not seconds...

[CowgirlsDelight]

@NikKast1981 Immature jealous men...uh...boys...are ridiculous things. And I think you're confusing Major Grieves with yourself. YOU are the one who sat in a chopper for one day in your life--at an airshow painfully WISHING you had Major Grieves' job. Yep, you may see the inside of a cockpit again one day--at the next airshow. Enjoy the show and keep on wishin! Have a nice day! : )

[NikKast1981]

Feminist groups did it again....Hooray.....

Hahahaha ridiculous things......They placed her behind the stick of the chopper for this interview and she's never going to see the inside of that cockpit in her life....But that's PR for you....