All in Navy
Sub-lieutenant Hélène is at the cusp of a career as a helicopter pilot in the French Navy. She should be fully qualified and a lieutenant by this summer, although, like almost everybody else in France right now, she is confined and not attending any more training sessions for the time being. She was outdoors as we spoke via FaceTime on a lovely spring day, her voice sometimes drowned by the twittering of the birds…
Audrey is a Lt-Commander in the French Navy. But she could also be a squadron leader in the air force or a major in the army because she successfully passed the exams to get into the officer training schools of all three armed forces! “Even as a small child I was attracted to anything military. I liked things orderly and methodical and wanted to do something involving teamwork and travel. I couldn't imagine sitting behind a desk in an office all day,” she tells me…
“The U.S. Navy argued for years that combat missions were too dangerous for women, but it wasn't concerned with us flying the oldest aircraft in the military!” Fifteen years after retiring from a 20-year career as a Naval Flight Officer, former Lt. Commander Linda Maloney is still baffled…
