Army Lieutenant Helps Afghan Women Bring Clean Water Home
Lauren Luckey has returned to Afghanistan for another tour of duty.
Lauren Luckey might have been designated as her battalion's chemical officer, but just about the only chemical she's been working with in Afghanistan has been H2O. Luckey, who moved to Alpharetta, GA, with her mother and stepdad after being born and raised in Tennessee, has been helping women in Afghanistan gain some family power by teaching them how to use water filters. She was chosen as the Huffington Post Greatest Person of the Day on Feb. 1. As a member of ROTC at the University of Massachusetts, she was commissioned and went straight into the U.S. Army after graduation. Her unit, the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, went to Hawaii in February 2011. She was sitting on her bed one …
Randall Adams
8:32 pm on Monday, February 6, 2012
LT Luckey was my student just a couple months ago, she was the honor grad of the course, she beat the guys at physical fitness, land navigation and shooting, not to mention the highest scores in academics, it's no surprise to me that she is doing great things deployed as well! Go Luckey! more ›