The good sergeant was serving on behalf of all of us when no less than 50 insurgents attacked a supply convoy that she and other military police soldiers were protecting. Skillfully and courageously using her issued M-4 rifle she killed three Afgan savages.After insurgents hit the convoy with a barrage of fire from machine guns, AK-47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, Hester "maneuvered her team through the kill zone into a flanking position where she assaulted a trench line with grenades and M203 rounds," according to the Army citation accompanying the Silver Star.
The folks of Hester’s home town of Bowling Green, KY are proud of this fine gal who became the first woman since World War II to win the Silver Star medal for valor in combat.
