A Few Good Women by Inga Fredrikson Ferris: The author, as "Freddy"' takes you with her as she faces all the indignities one can expect in Marine Corps boot camp, and some that we unexpected. On their last day, the drill instructor makes a big mistake, creating total chaos. Yet his parting words to them are "Yew women are stupid."
Freddy is sent on to the Naval Air Tactical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma where for five months she studies to become an Aviation Machinist Mate, learning about all the things that can go wrong with a plane, and how to fix it. As he also learns that her...