Stephanie Godman

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Army Capt. Stephanie Godman, a Sapper candidate, wears her pink flip-flops as she steps past boots on her way to the shower after spending her first night in an actual bed in the co-ed barracks after two grueling weeks in the field, at the U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., on Thursday, June 28, 2012. (The Washington Times)

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Sapper candidate and Army Captain Stephanie Godman sits in the sweltering heat with some members of the platoon aboard a truck to be transported to a site for the next mission during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Monday, June 25, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Sapper candidate and Army Captain Stephanie Godman prepares for a mission to repel down the side of a cliff during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Tuesday, June 26, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Sapper candidate and Army Captain Stephanie Godman (left) and the rest of the platoon board a waiting truck to be transported to a site for the next mission during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Monday, June 25, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Sapper candidate and Army Captain Stephanie Godman listens to instructions for the next mission during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Monday, June 25, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Capt. Stephanie Godman has changed into her pink flip-flops and steps past the boots of other sapper trainees on her way to the shower after spending her first night in an actual bed in the co-ed barracks after two grueling weeks in the field. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Army Capt. Stephanie Godman (left) and the rest of the platoon make their way to a truck to be transported to a site for the next mission during another day of sapper school training. Capt. Godman, 26, has always considered herself something of a tomboy since playing with her brother and other boys in Pleasant Hill, Calif. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Army Capt. Stephanie Godman confers with another sapper candidate as they plan to head off on a mission during another day of training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Sapper candidate Army Capt. Stephanie Godman takes her turn at lunch as she eats a military Meal Ready to Eat while her "battle buddy" and fellow sapper candidate National Guard Staff Sgt. Anthony Hughes is posted up in a clearing to help form a perimeter to keep watch. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)