Triple Threat: Female Army Reserve Soldier is a true American Badass
Staff Sgt. Crystal Baetz, a U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldier with the 603rd Military Police Company in Belton, Missouri, poses for a photo before beginning a firefighter training simulation at the Highland Park Fire Department in Highland Park, Michigan, Oct. 13. The exercise is designed to train firefighters to find other firefighters who have become immobile and carry them to safety. During the training, Baetz had to wear her usual 80-pound load of gear, carry a full sized fire hose, wear a gas mask and find her partner while wearing a blindfold in order to simulate a building densely filled with smoke and carbon dioxide. Baetz is the first female interior firefighter at that location. She is also a 911 dispatcher and a combatives level four qualified instructor. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Stephanie Ramirez)