| 词条 | Leigh Ann Hester | ||||||||||||||||||
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|name= Leigh Ann Hester |image= Leigh Ann Hester February 3 2007 Cropped.jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= Hester visiting the U.S. Army Women's Museum at Fort Lee in February 2007. |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|1|12}} |death_date= |birth_place= Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S. |death_place= |placeofburial= |allegiance= {{flagu|United States}} |branch={{Army|United States}}
|serviceyears= 2001–2009, 2010–present |rank={{Dodseal|USAE7|25}} Sergeant first class |servicenumber= |unit= 617th Military Police Company 269th Military Police Company[1] |commands= |battles= Iraq War War in Afghanistan Hurricane Maria response |awards= Silver Star Army Commendation Medal |relations= |laterwork= Law enforcement officer }}Leigh Ann Hester (born 12 January 1982)[1] is a United States Army National Guard soldier. While assigned to the 617th Military Police Company,[3] a Kentucky Army National Guard unit out of Richmond, Kentucky,[3] Hester received the Silver Star for her heroic actions on 20 March 2005 during an enemy ambush on a supply convoy near the town of Salman Pak, Iraq.[2] Hester is the first female U.S. Army soldier to receive the Silver Star since World War II and the first ever to be cited for valor in close quarters combat.[3] Career2000sHester enlisted in the U.S. Army in April 2001. In Iraq,[3] Hester's military police squad, consisting of eight men and two women in three Humvees, were shadowing a 30-truck supply convoy when approximately 50 insurgent fighters ambushed the convoy with AK-47, RPK machine gun fire, and rocket propelled grenades (RPG). The squad moved to the side of the road, flanking the insurgents and cutting off their escape route. Hester maneuvered her fire team through the kill zone and into a flanking position, where her squad leader, Staff Sergeant Timothy F. Nein, and she assaulted a trench line with hand grenades and M203 grenade launcher rounds. Nein and Hester assaulted and cleared two trenches. During the 25-minute firefight, Hester killed 3 insurgents.[8] When the battle was over, 27 insurgents were dead, six were wounded, and one captured. Sergeants Nein and Hester were both awarded the Silver Star.[3][4] Nein's medal was later upgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross.[5] Also awarded the Silver Star in this ambush was Specialist Jason Mike, a platoon medic who took up and simultaneously fired an M4 carbine and M249 SAW light machine gun in defense of his comrades.[4] Hester later transferred to the Tennessee Army National Guard.[6] Hester took a brief break from the U.S. Army in 2009, and worked as an officer for a civilian law enforcement agency in a Nashville, Tennessee suburb. However, she returned to the military a short while later, in late 2010.[7][8] 2010sFrom 2012 to 2014, she served as an instructor at the 117th Regional Training Institute Military Police School. In 2014, she deployed to Afghanistan for 18 months as a Cultural Support Team member.[9][10][11] Hester has since been promoted to the rank of sergeant first class.[9] In 2017, Hester deployed to Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands as part of the response to Hurricane Maria. Hester's military police company provided law enforcement support to the U.S. Virgin Islands Police.[12] Awards and decorations
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/12252?c=search&first=Leigh+Ann&last=Hester&spelling=Exact&8_year=&8_month=0&8_day=0&4=&9=&11=&SubmitSearch.x=66&SubmitSearch.y=22|title=Free Family Tree, Genealogy and Family History - MyHeritage|website=www.familytreelegends.com}} 2. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.defenselink.mil/home/dodupdate/heroes/50heroes/KY.html|title = 50 Heroes for 50 States – U.S. Department of Defense Update|accessdate = 2006-12-30|publisher = United States Department of Defense}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mil/-news/2005/06/17/1645-female-soldier-receives-silver-star-in-iraq/|title=Female Soldier receives Silver Star in Iraq|author=Sergeant Sara Wood|publisher=Department of Defense|accessdate=16 March 2011}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Silver Stars Affirm One Unit's Mettle |author=Steve Fainaru |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/25/AR2005062501263.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=26 June 2005 |accessdate=27 January 2013}} 5. ^{{cite book |last=Doubler |first=Michael D. |title=The National Guard and Reserve: A Reference Handbook |series=Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNHbw5H07P4C&lpg=PA135&ots=vJ_8pWz_Tg&dq=Nein%20upgrade%20Distinguished%20Service%20Cross&pg=PA135#v=onepage&q=Nein%20upgrade%20Distinguished%20Service%20Cross&f=false |accessdate=27 January 2013 |year=2008 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9780275993252 |page=135 }} 6. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.tnmilitary.org/VolState/2012/03/1203.pdf |title=On the Cover |author= |date=March 2012 |work=VolState Guard |publisher=Tennessee National Guard |accessdate=27 January 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425130440/http://www.tnmilitary.org/VolState/2012/03/1203.pdf |archivedate=25 April 2013 |df=dmy-all }} 7. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web |url=http://www.army.mil/women/hester.html |title=Hester |author= |date=31 August 2012 |work=Women in the U.S. Army |publisher=United States Army |accessdate=27 January 2013}} 8. ^{{cite news |title=Silver Star Recipient A Reluctant Hero |first=Rachel |last=Martin |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/02/22/133847765/silver-star-recipient-a-reluctant-hero|newspaper=NPR |date=22 February 2011 |accessdate=23 February 2011}} 9. ^1 {{cite news |last=Cowan |first=Jill |date=August 29, 2015 |title=Franklin Silver Star recipient talks women in military |url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/franklin/2015/08/28/franklin-silver-star-recipient-talks-women-military/32480911/ |newspaper=The Tennessean |location= |access-date= }} 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/franklin/2015/08/28/franklin-silver-star-recipient-talks-women-military/32480911/|title=Franklin Silver Star recipient talks women in military|publisher=}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/franklin/2015/08/20/female-silver-star-recipient-returns-franklin-pd/32077191/|title=Female Silver Star recipient returns to Franklin PD|publisher=}} 12. ^{{cite news |last=Mondale |first=Arthur |date=October 12, 2017 |title= National Guard MPs and SFs fight criminal activity post-hurricane |url=http://www.dcmilitary.com/pentagram/news/local/national-guard-mps-and-sfs-fight-criminal-activity-post-hurricane/article_121e128f-f766-5136-a5f7-8c24f049150f.html |work=The Pentagram |publisher=US Department of Defense |location= |access-date=January 23, 2018 }} Further reading
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