Today I've been working on my next book, When the Girls Come Marching Home. It's a good day to be writing about women in combat and reflecting on their contribution. About 100 American women have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. We need to remember them as we honor ALL of the fallen. We need to remember they are in the fight and they, too, are making the ultimate sacrfice on the battlefield.

I'm writing a story about a female JAG officer whose Humvee was hit by an IED. Three of the five soldiers in the Humvee were killed. It's a good day to remember CPL Coty J. Phelps, CPL Victor Fontanilla, and SFC Jesse Albrecht. And to remember those who survived and struggle with how to move on.  They've been through such a traumatic experience. Another woman I'm writing about was in the Lioness convoy back in the summer of 2005 that got hit by a suicide bomber, killing and wounding male and female Marines. She survived with burns but she lost some friends in that explosion.  A female EOD technician watched as an EOD tech, on his last mission in Iraq, was blown up by an improvised explosive. 

Our service members are dying every day in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the ones who survive are struggling to make sense of it all. Remember those who have died, their families, and friends. And remember the survivors. 

Honor them. They deserve it!