Beverly Ann Bendekgey, in The G.A.O.Journal (Summer 19901, Rm. 4129, US. General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. 20548.
During the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama, a platoon of American military police ex- changed gunfire with Panamanian soldiers outside of Panama City. What made this firefight different from others, however, was that the platoon was led a woman.
Officially, American women shouldn't have been fighting in Panama at all. Women in a11 branches of the armed forces have been barred...