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Tracy P.
![I was a brand new First Lieutenant; I was the only female officer. All the women were support. Women weren't allowed in combat, but my boss was so progressive. he said 'You know what? It's not that she's a woman; it's that she's the right person for the job.' So, we went forward into Kuwait...and started to fly support missions. They [Kuwaitis] would say, 'Go see the female American.' That was how they would identify me; there's this one woman at the Kuwait International Airport.](img/vets/vet_tracyp_freequote1.jpg)
![My mom took this photo the morning I came home [from Iraq]. The kids were dazed, and I was overwhelmed. Frankly, Christmas was a bit rough, trying to get to know one another again. I left for Afghanistan 3 weeks later.](img/vets/vet_tracyp_children.jpg)
Tracy retired from the Army in 2010 after serving from 1984-2010 as both an enlisted flight medic and a commissioned officer with both Reserve and Active Duty service. While in the Army, Tracy had 18 different duty assignments spanning 9 U.S. locations and 5 foreign countries. She was on three combat deployments to Kuwait during Desert Storm, Iraq in 2005 and Afghanistan in 2006. She is a utility lift helicopter pilot with ratings in UH-1 (Huey) and UH-60 (Blackhawk). Currently, Tracy is the Director of Veterans Affairs for Montgomery County and a volunteer mentor for the Montgomery County Veterans Treatment Court. She is the mother of four children, ranging in age from 14-22.
