Top US soldier on being captured in Iraq 07.02.12

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Published on February 8, 2012 12:04:19 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MUL3IktYDM

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Dr Rhonda Cornum was one of the first generation of women to serve on the frontline in the first Gulf War. Captured and tortured by the Iraqi army, it was her ability to withstand these experiences that convinced her of the importance of teaching resilience to today's serving soldiers. Less than a week after retiring as assistant US Surgeon General, she's been speaking about resilience training in London. She told Forces News that when she was shot down as part of a rescue mission in 1991 she was certain she was going to die.