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This is a really good book, and it relates really well to our society. It is mainly about MJ Hegar, a woman in the National Guard and deployed in Afghanistan, and her struggles as proving herself as a soldier in the armed forces. She meets many people who are openly opposed to women in the armed forces, but some people she thought were her friends turned out to have secretly negative feelings towards her. The final chapter explains MJ's push to open combat jobs for women, and to prove that women can do just as well as men. The main takeaway from this book is not to underestimate the "weakest link" just because they don't look as strong or as tough as you. MJ was thought to be a weak girl who couldn't handle the air force, but ended up being better than most, if not all, of her fellow peers. This is still valuable today because women are doing jobs that are typically associated with men, and we can't judge them or assume they're going to be bad at it. You have to let them show you what they've got, and they might just surprise you.
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