Former Eagles Cheerleader Ho**red for Service in Afghanistan - منتديات الرياضة

rss · #1 12-23-2013, 10:46 AM

Former Eagles Cheerleader Ho**red for Service in Afghanistan

Former Eagles Cheerleader Ho**red Service

A Former Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader who joined the Army and finished two tours of duty in Afghanistan was Ho**red Sunday night before the game between the Eagles and the Chicago Bears in Philadelphia.

Rachel Washburn, the 25-year-old Former Eagles cheerleader, "was a freshman at Drexel University when a friend -- who also happened to be a Cheerleader for the Philadelphia 76ers -- convinced her to try out for the Eagles cheerleading squad."

When Washburn made the squad, she was "an Army ROTC student at Drexel and a Cheerleader for the Eagles."

"Initially, it was kind of a **velty to people I met if they ever found out," Washburn told USA Today. "It's kind of a bit of a shock. You don't expect those two things to go hand in hand with one person."

According to CBS Sports, "Washburn made a trip to Kuwait in 2008 as part of a military goodwill tour with the Eagles cheerleading squad and that's when she decided that maybe she wanted to make the Army a bigger part of her life":

After three seasons of cheerleading with the Eagles (2007-09), Washburn decided she wanted to serve her country. Joining the Army wasn't Washburn's first taste of military life though. Washburn's father was a Army helicopter pilot and Air Force Fighter pilot.

In Afghanistan, she also once delivered a baby for a local woman who was caught in a s**wstorm.

Here is a description of Washburn's accomplishments from the Eagles:

Lieutenant Washburn was an Eagles Cheerleader from 2007-2009 and recently returned from her 2nd tour in Afghanistan, where she was deployed to the dangerous Logar Provence. During her tour, she served as a Platoon Leader for a Multi-sensor Ground intelligence platoon with the 3rd Infantry Division, and earned numerous ho**rs, including the Bronze Star Medal. She was also one of the first female soldiers in the Army's competitive Cultural Support Team, attached to Special-operations combat forces such as the Army Green Berets, Rangers, and Navy SEALs.