Maj. Kate Van Auken, left, and Capt. Lauralee Flannery pause near a fighting position in Iraq. Van Auken and Flannery played a key role in the evacuation – without fatalities – of Kuwaiti scientists whose convoy had been damaged by a series of roadside explosions. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Reserve)

Maj. Kate Van Auken, left, and Capt. Lauralee Flannery pause near a fighting position in Iraq. Van Auken and Flannery played a key role in the evacuation – without fatalities – of Kuwaiti scientists whose convoy had been damaged by a series of roadside explosions. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Reserve)