Major Megan McClung, USMC, is the highest ranking female officer to die in Iraq. She was a public affairs officer in Al Anbar province, where the hottest fighting is right now. McClung was killed when an IED destroyed the Humvee she was riding in along with Army Capt. Travis Patriquin and Army Spec. Vincent Pomate. They had just dropped Oliver North and his Fox News crew and was heading out to escort a Newsweek crew.
Her colleagues in Central Command made a moving tribute video to her. Michael Fumento, who has been embedded in Al Anbar several times and written about it for the Weekly Standard, knew McClung and Patriquin quite well and has written about them.
McClung is being laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery this week. This is what her father said of his daughter’s sacrifice.
We know that Megan died doing just what she wanted to do and we supported her all the way. It is a shame that I cannot share all of the tributes with each of you, but if I could, you would realize very quickly what a wonderful person Megan was. Her credo as a PAO was: “Be Bold, Be Brief, Be Gone!” She lived her credo to the end.
While I honor her sacrifice and pray for her soul, let’s not forget that as a woman, she had absolutley no place in a combat zone. I’m sorry if that offends people, but it is the truth. It is unconscionable that our country sends its women to fight and die along side men. It blurs the differences between the sexes and is offensive on so many levels.
As a young naval officer, I have seen how the introduction of women in the military has led to an epidemic of adultery, divorce and fornication in our services. It was a big mistake in the 1970s and only gets worse with each passing year. God has blessed the United States in the past, but our national policies that embrace radical feminism, such as abortion, women in combat and nearly universal acceptance of contraception, will lead to our demise as a nation.