I am still trying to figure out what it is about her that makes her particularly more special than any other soldier who was captured and rescued. I believe there was another woman soldier who was captured and rescued as well. Is it because she's a woman? So what? That makes no difference to me. We have plenty of women in our armed forces now. Some of them have died in the line of duty. Because she's young? Big deal.

I don't mean to sound like I'm devaluing her service to the Army. That's not the case. I have a very special respect for soldiers. It's just that I don't think her story is necessarily more deserving of being told than anyone else's.