Latina Veterans proud to finally see all combat jobs open to women

*Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in a press conference that women will now “be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars and lead infantry soldiers into combat. They’ll be able to serve as Army Rangers and Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Marine Corps infantry, Air Force parajumpers and everything else that was previously open only to men.” VL

By Bryan Llenas, Fox News Latino

When Senior Capt. Graciela Tiscanero-Sato graduated from flight school in the Spring of 1991, she stood before her class during graduation and announced proudly she wanted to fly an F-15 E Strike Eagle Combat Jet.

Tiscanero-Sato was third in her class. Yet, despite her merits, she would not get to pilot her dream aircraft because she’s a woman.

Two years later, in 1993, the Pentagon dropped the prohibition on women flying in combat missions and by 1995 Martha McSally became the first female fighter pilot to fly in an A-10 Thunrderbolt II for combat in Iraq.

On Thursday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter gave women a tremendous victory in the military, ordering to open all military jobs to women – including arguably the most dangerous positions in combat: infantry on the frontlines for the U.S. Marine Corps.

Click HERE to read the full story.