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December 13, 2006

"Marine becomes highest-ranking female servicemember killed in Iraq"

Posted by Bill

I Marine Expeditionary Force Public Affairs has posted a video tribute to Major Megan McClung. USA Today also features a prominent write-up:

A major who rejoined the Marines so she could go to Iraq has become the highest-ranking female servicemember to be killed in the war.
Megan McClung, a 1995 graduate of the Naval Academy, was remembered Tuesday by family and friends as having steel-like constitution. She was a triathlete who organized and ran a marathon in Iraq and competed in six Ironman competitions - running, swimming and bicycling - around the world.

They say that a person's legacy is reflected in the number of lives touched by his or her time on Earth. Given the quantity of google searches that wound up at INDC in the past few days, I'd say that McClung made a heck of an impression.

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You are so right on her constitution. Just a little stud, but way wrong on the fact that she joined the USMC to go to IRAQ. Don't know where that came from, but way wrong. She joined because she was a STUD and wanted to serve with the best.

She will be missed.

Retired USMC
F/A-18 Pilot

Posted by: Robert Shayne at December 15, 2006 03:22 AM