First Female Thunderbird Pilot Helping to Showcase Women Veterans’ Stories

Date Posted: Thursday, March 3, 2016

Colonel Nicole Malachowski, the first female Air Force Thunderbird pilot, joined forces with First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden to promote a social media campaign, #WomenVets, to spotlight women veterans' stories. They goal is two pronged: enhance the image of women veterans and encourage the 200,000 service women now in the military to use their benefits and services when they become veterans. Mrs. Obama shared that only one in 10 women veterans use GI Bill benefits and 75 percent of women veterans don’t use the Veterans Affairs health care system. And, there is a continuing challenge: “One striking reality is that many women veterans don’t self-identify as veterans,” she said.

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