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This weekly podcast is produced by The American Legion. For more stories and videos please visit www.legion.org/tangoalphalima
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  <description>Ashley takes the helm and leads Team Tango through a series of stories of women who made history serving in the U.S. military.
CV celebrates a trio of young female sailors who serve as master helmsmen, qualified to take the wheel of the $4.5 billion aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Jeff makes plan to virually visit The Color of Freedom: Honoring the Diversity of America's Service Women, an exibit at the Military Women's Memorial.
Rapid Fire
Women registering for the draft, ALA Girls State program endures amid pandemic and two women generals nominated for 4-star command. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Ashley takes the helm and leads Team Tango through a series of stories of women who made history serving in the U.S. military.</p>

<p>CV celebrates a trio of young female sailors who serve as master helmsmen, qualified to take the wheel of the $4.5 billion aircraft carrier USS <em>Theodore Roosevelt</em>.</p>

<p>Jeff makes plan to virually visit The Color of Freedom: Honoring the Diversity of America&#39;s Service Women, an exibit at the Military Women&#39;s Memorial.</p>

<p><strong>Rapid Fire</strong><br>
Women registering for the draft, ALA Girls State program endures amid pandemic and two women generals nominated for 4-star command.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Watch video of this episode on YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/21Em9_jBtac">Watch video of this episode on YouTube</a></li><li><a title="Send us your feedback!" rel="nofollow" href="https://tangoalphalima.fireside.fm/contact">Send us your feedback!</a></li><li><a title="Mary Ludwig Hays aka Molly Pitcher | National Women&#39;s History Museum" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-ludwig-hays">Mary Ludwig Hays aka Molly Pitcher | National Women's History Museum</a></li><li><a title="Frances Clayton | History of American Women" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2008/07/frances-clayton.html">Frances Clayton | History of American Women</a></li><li><a title="The Hello Girls" rel="nofollow" href="http://lincolnpennyfilms.com/index.php/the-hello-girls-documentary-a-ww1-story/">The Hello Girls</a></li><li><a title="Mary Edwards Walker | National Women&#39;s History Museum" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-edwards-walker">Mary Edwards Walker | National Women's History Museum</a></li><li><a title="Leigh Ann Hester - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Ann_Hester">Leigh Ann Hester - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a title="Women&#39;s Armed Services Integration Act - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Armed_Services_Integration_Act">Women's Armed Services Integration Act - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a title="President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Public Law 90-130. The Nov. 8, 1967, event opened promotions for women to general and flag ranks, lifted ceilings on other ranks and removed the 2 percent ceiling on the number of women allowed on active duty. Courtesy Women&#39;s Memorial" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.defense.gov/observe/photo-gallery/igphoto/2001087830/">President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Public Law 90-130. The Nov. 8, 1967, event opened promotions for women to general and flag ranks, lifted ceilings on other ranks and removed the 2 percent ceiling on the number of women allowed on active duty. Courtesy Women's Memorial</a></li><li><a title="American Legion National Commander Denise Rohan | The American Legion" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.legion.org/legiontv/PL048E5F43D9D11C0E/SA6_na7SMmY">American Legion National Commander Denise Rohan | The American Legion</a></li><li><a title="Ann E. Dunwoody, General, U.S. Army - Foundation for Women Warriors" rel="nofollow" href="https://foundationforwomenwarriors.org/ann-e-dunwoody-general-u-s-army/">Ann E. Dunwoody, General, U.S. Army - Foundation for Women Warriors</a></li><li><a title="National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation - Military - Restaurants Recruit" rel="nofollow" href="https://chooserestaurants.org/restaurants-recruit">National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation - Military - Restaurants Recruit</a></li><li><a title="Meet the helmsmen, the Navy ship drivers just barely out of high school" rel="nofollow" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-master-helmsman-theodore-roosevelt/">Meet the helmsmen, the Navy ship drivers just barely out of high school</a></li><li><a title="The Color of Freedom: Honoring the Diversity of America&#39;s Servicewomen · The Military Women&#39;s Memorial - Exhibits" rel="nofollow" href="https://mwm.omeka.net/exhibits/show/the-color-of-freedom">The Color of Freedom: Honoring the Diversity of America's Servicewomen · The Military Women's Memorial - Exhibits</a></li><li><a title="100 Miles For Hope | The American Legion" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.legion.org/100miles">100 Miles For Hope | The American Legion</a></li><li><a title="ALA Girls State" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.legion-aux.org/ala-girls-state">ALA Girls State</a></li><li><a title="GENERAL JACQUELINE D. VAN OVOST &gt; U.S. Air Force &gt; Biography Display" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108814/general-jacqueline-d-van-ovost/">GENERAL JACQUELINE D. VAN OVOST &gt; U.S. Air Force &gt; Biography Display</a></li><li><a title="Laura J. Richardson - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_J._Richardson">Laura J. Richardson - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a title="Resolution No. 110: Support for Congressional Gold Medal for Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators of WWI" rel="nofollow" href="https://archive.legion.org/handle/20.500.12203/9891">Resolution No. 110: Support for Congressional Gold Medal for Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators of WWI</a></li><li><a title="S.692 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as the &quot;Hello Girls&quot;. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/692?s=1&amp;r=50">S.692 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as the "Hello Girls". | Congress.gov | Library of Congress</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Ashley takes the helm and leads Team Tango through a series of stories of women who made history serving in the U.S. military.</p>

<p>CV celebrates a trio of young female sailors who serve as master helmsmen, qualified to take the wheel of the $4.5 billion aircraft carrier USS <em>Theodore Roosevelt</em>.</p>

<p>Jeff makes plan to virually visit The Color of Freedom: Honoring the Diversity of America&#39;s Service Women, an exibit at the Military Women&#39;s Memorial.</p>

<p><strong>Rapid Fire</strong><br>
Women registering for the draft, ALA Girls State program endures amid pandemic and two women generals nominated for 4-star command.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Watch video of this episode on YouTube" rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/21Em9_jBtac">Watch video of this episode on YouTube</a></li><li><a title="Send us your feedback!" rel="nofollow" href="https://tangoalphalima.fireside.fm/contact">Send us your feedback!</a></li><li><a title="Mary Ludwig Hays aka Molly Pitcher | National Women&#39;s History Museum" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-ludwig-hays">Mary Ludwig Hays aka Molly Pitcher | National Women's History Museum</a></li><li><a title="Frances Clayton | History of American Women" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2008/07/frances-clayton.html">Frances Clayton | History of American Women</a></li><li><a title="The Hello Girls" rel="nofollow" href="http://lincolnpennyfilms.com/index.php/the-hello-girls-documentary-a-ww1-story/">The Hello Girls</a></li><li><a title="Mary Edwards Walker | National Women&#39;s History Museum" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-edwards-walker">Mary Edwards Walker | National Women's History Museum</a></li><li><a title="Leigh Ann Hester - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Ann_Hester">Leigh Ann Hester - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a title="Women&#39;s Armed Services Integration Act - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Armed_Services_Integration_Act">Women's Armed Services Integration Act - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a title="President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Public Law 90-130. The Nov. 8, 1967, event opened promotions for women to general and flag ranks, lifted ceilings on other ranks and removed the 2 percent ceiling on the number of women allowed on active duty. Courtesy Women&#39;s Memorial" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.defense.gov/observe/photo-gallery/igphoto/2001087830/">President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Public Law 90-130. The Nov. 8, 1967, event opened promotions for women to general and flag ranks, lifted ceilings on other ranks and removed the 2 percent ceiling on the number of women allowed on active duty. Courtesy Women's Memorial</a></li><li><a title="American Legion National Commander Denise Rohan | The American Legion" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.legion.org/legiontv/PL048E5F43D9D11C0E/SA6_na7SMmY">American Legion National Commander Denise Rohan | The American Legion</a></li><li><a title="Ann E. Dunwoody, General, U.S. Army - Foundation for Women Warriors" rel="nofollow" href="https://foundationforwomenwarriors.org/ann-e-dunwoody-general-u-s-army/">Ann E. Dunwoody, General, U.S. Army - Foundation for Women Warriors</a></li><li><a title="National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation - Military - Restaurants Recruit" rel="nofollow" href="https://chooserestaurants.org/restaurants-recruit">National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation - Military - Restaurants Recruit</a></li><li><a title="Meet the helmsmen, the Navy ship drivers just barely out of high school" rel="nofollow" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-master-helmsman-theodore-roosevelt/">Meet the helmsmen, the Navy ship drivers just barely out of high school</a></li><li><a title="The Color of Freedom: Honoring the Diversity of America&#39;s Servicewomen · The Military Women&#39;s Memorial - Exhibits" rel="nofollow" href="https://mwm.omeka.net/exhibits/show/the-color-of-freedom">The Color of Freedom: Honoring the Diversity of America's Servicewomen · The Military Women's Memorial - Exhibits</a></li><li><a title="100 Miles For Hope | The American Legion" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.legion.org/100miles">100 Miles For Hope | The American Legion</a></li><li><a title="ALA Girls State" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.legion-aux.org/ala-girls-state">ALA Girls State</a></li><li><a title="GENERAL JACQUELINE D. VAN OVOST &gt; U.S. Air Force &gt; Biography Display" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/108814/general-jacqueline-d-van-ovost/">GENERAL JACQUELINE D. VAN OVOST &gt; U.S. Air Force &gt; Biography Display</a></li><li><a title="Laura J. Richardson - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_J._Richardson">Laura J. Richardson - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a title="Resolution No. 110: Support for Congressional Gold Medal for Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators of WWI" rel="nofollow" href="https://archive.legion.org/handle/20.500.12203/9891">Resolution No. 110: Support for Congressional Gold Medal for Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators of WWI</a></li><li><a title="S.692 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as the &quot;Hello Girls&quot;. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/692?s=1&amp;r=50">S.692 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): A bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps, known as the "Hello Girls". | Congress.gov | Library of Congress</a></li></ul>]]>
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