Maj. Megan M. McClung, of Coupeville, Wash., died Dec. 6 in Al Anbar province

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<p>RIP - Maj McClung.<br>
To use the death of a soldier as a platform to call to remove our troops is insulting to those who selflessly give the ultimate sacrifice</p>

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She was the first female graduate of the Naval Academy to be killed in action since the school’s founding.

how does one account for:
[THE</a> LORDS OF KOBOL: Swampscott Marine pilot killed in Iraq](<a href=“http://lord-of-kobol.blogspot.com/2007/02/swampscott-marine-pilot-killed-in-iraq.html]THE”>http://lord-of-kobol.blogspot.com/2007/02/swampscott-marine-pilot-killed-in-iraq.html)
February, 2007

U.S. Marine Capt. Jennifer Harris, 28, was a helicopter pilot with the elite HMM-364 Purple Foxes. She was killed on Wednesday during her third tour of duty in Iraq —just days before she was scheduled to return home.</p>

<p>Harris, 28, a 1996 graduate of Swampscott High School, was one of seven U.S. troops who died when the Marine transport helicopter she was piloting crashed in flames in a field northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.</p>

<p>Airlifting casualties out of a war zone was all in a day’s work for Harris, who was the only female pilot in her squadron during her first tour of duty. In October 2005, Harris, who had been home on leave visiting her family and friends for a few days, was preparing to return to her unit at Camp Pendleton when she gave The Daily Item an interview.</p>

<p>At that time, Harris said when she graduated from Swampscott High in 1996, she knew she wanted to do something different so she went to United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and accepted a commission in the Marine Corps.

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<p>So - it appears the Naval Academy has lost not one but two female grads.</p>