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Madeleine is a career officer with two uniforms: a green one (Army) and a blue one (Paris firefighters), but you won't find her water-hose in hand "because I'm not trained to fight fires," she says. But you may see her providing first aid at the scene of an accident whilst awaiting the doctor’s arrival because she has undergone extensive first responder training…
Just this once you won’t see Louise’s face because she’s an “intelligence officer – tactical coordinator” on remotely piloted air systems (drones in other words, or RPASs) in the French Air and Space Force so a bit of discretion is in order (…) She is amongst the first to do this job that didn't even exist 12 years ago. But as a child Louise was far from imagining a career in the Air Force. "I had a really strong bond with my grandfather, who was an officer in the Foreign Legion. We would spend long hours riding together, him on his horse and me on my pony." She laughs that "even if I have two brothers, he considered me to be the little soldier of the family…”
Lieutenant Miléna took command of a combat engineer platoon just six months ago. She’s the only woman in it “but so far I haven't had any problems with my platoon,” she says, having made it clear to her men when she arrived that even ifshe is young, she’s been trained to be platoon commander. If they don't understand her decisions, she's open to dialogue, but it's clear who’s in charge! “You shouldn't expect to be accepted by everyone,” she remarks, lucid beyond her years…
