I'm looking forward to spreading the Air Force Combat Search and Rescue story and dispelling some myths along the way. ‘Shoot Like A Girl’ is a must-read about an American patriot whose courage and determination will have a lasting impact on the future of our Armed Forces and the nation." In ‘Shoot Like A Girl,’ Major Hegar shares her remarkable experience on the front lines both overseas and at home – from exchanging fire with the Taliban and saving her comrades in Afghanistan, to fighting to open all combat positions to women in military. Senator John McCain recently honored me with this quote: "Major Mary Jennings Hegar has established her warrior credentials, joining an elite group of American service members who have bravely served our nation in combat. At the time we doing our job and completely focused on our patients and protecting each other. If you know of an organization that might be interested in hearing me speak or a school that might be looking for a book for their summer reading lists, please send them my way! The movie is underway as well, but everyone knows the book is always better, right? Shoot Like a Girl: One Womans Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front is written by Mary Jennings Hegar and published by Berkley (P-US). In 2017 Hegar published her memoir, Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front, which TriStar has optioned for a film.
Air Force, MJ Hegar was selected for pilot training by the Air National Guard, finished at the top of her class, then served three tours in Afghanistan, flying combat search-and-rescue missions, culminating in a harrowing rescue attempt that would earn MJ the Purple Heart as well as the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor Device.Hoping to inspire both women and men, young and old with my upcoming book, Shoot Like a Girl, available for pre-order now on Amazon (publication date of March 7, 2017). But soon she would face a new battle: to give women who serve on the front lines the credit they deserve…Īfter being commissioned into the U.S.
Despite being wounded, she fought the enemy and saved the lives of her crew and their patients. On June 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings “MJ” Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Set to be published next spring under the full title “Shoot Like a Girl: One Woman’s Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front,” the book is officially described as follows: Angelina Jolie would play Air Force Major Mary Jennings Hegar in the biopic Shoot Like a GirlĪcademy Award winner Angelina Jolie is, according to a story today at The Hollywood Reporter, in talks to headline Shoot Like a Girl, a big screen adaptation of the upcoming memoir by Air Force Major Mary Jennings Hegar.
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