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Great Falls, MT, The United States

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Kelly Kennedy is the best-selling author of "They Fought for Each Other: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest Hit Unit in Iraq," and the co-author of Kate Germano's "Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind how Female Marines are Trained."

An award-winning journalist, Kennedy embedded in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and served as Military Reporters & Editors' first female president. She is the only American women (so far...) to have both served in the U.S. military and covered U.S. combat as a civilian.

She spent several years at USA TODAY covering Congress and the Affordable Care Act, as well as veterans' issues such as Gulf War Illness and the burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.

She is working on a rewrite of her first novel, as well as a non-fict ...more

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	They Fought for Each Other: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest Hit Unit in Iraq 4.18 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Female Marines Are Trained by Kate Germano, Kelly Kennedy (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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