1st Lt. Brenda McCarthy was preparing to earn her wings as the last female weapons systems officer in the Marine Corps, and wanted as her guest one of the first women to earn those wings.
McCarthy wrote a letter inviting retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath to the May "winging" ceremony at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.
McGrath was one of the first women in the Marine Corps to fly an F/A-18 into combat.
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