This retired Marine pilot aims to be the role model she never had in Afghanistan
Alexis Federico remembers being behind the controls of a roaring UH-1Y helicopter as it circled over mud-brick houses in Nawzad, Afghanistan, a Taliban stronghold. Her mission: Make sure no one harassed the Afghan girls walking to their schoolhouse with their fathers.
“We were over there providing support,” explains Ms. Federico, a decorated retired helicopter pilot. “They’re going to school, and we’re just watching them. I had a lot of great experiences in the Marine Corps, but for me, that was so, so great.”
Ms. Federico, who served in the Marines for a decade, including in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010, now lives in Dana Point, California. But her mission these days is no less important to
