Rosie is my niece and she received high praise from her squad leader:
"I was a member of 3-41 IN until a few months ago, and Darby's first squad leader. She earned her place on the line. Some of you are criticising her for a perceived inability to carry a heavy soldier alone. Guess what? No one does that, military or civilian-side. We use teamwork to move people. Physically, she is more capable than most of the soldiers, all males, in that platoon. She can shoot, move and communicate to standard.
As a PV2, brand-new to the unit, she took over the battalion's medical supply from a sergeant with a decade in the Army and had it running appropriately within a week. As a treatment medic, she mastered her job to the point where she was the go-to medic for her peers. She volunteered for extra training I set up with El Paso Fire Department. She snuck out on field exercises with our platoons while she was supposed to be on routine duty. She made her own opportunities to train as a field medic and still performed admirably as a clinic medic. Her shooting? Superior. Her PT? Better than 70% of the battalion- on the male scale. Most importantly, she learned how to be a great medic. (I'd want her working on me over anyone else).
When she got to Afghanistan, she was requested- by name- to replace one of her peers as an infantry medic. She earned her spot with the infantry, and is far more capable than anyone I know."
-Robert Martin, Paramedic
I am so very proud of my daughter, Rosie, she has shown that she can do the job. She was under fire while on Patrol last Friday February 15, 2013. Should you have any question about my daughter and her service please contact me. Her recruiter is no longer in Batavia