First female National Guard Soldiers graduate Field Artillery School
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Army Spcs. Nicol Vargas, Veronica Kramer, Autumn Aderhold and Brandy Brasted all graduated from the Artillery School at the 139th Regimental Training Institute at Fort Bragg, N.C., March 19, 2014.
“I have to do what I have to do to get done with the mission,” Vargas says. “All this time working on the HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System), and every time it has been like a fresh new experience.”
Each of these female Soldiers are from different states and are the first National Guard members to complete the male-dominated Artillery School, but will definitely not be the last.
“They're excited, they're motivated, determined to learn, they're asking more questions than a normal student would.They have very positive attitudes,” said Kevin Hale, 139th RTI Field Artillery Instructor.
These 10 students attending the class all have alternate military occupational specialties (MOS), but have all decided that they would like to be more incorporated into operational experiences and what better way to do that then to go through a reclassification course.
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