When she came back to the United States, Steadman spent several years teaching the combat trauma nursing course to military units all over the country. In 1995, she became the chief nurse of the 818th Medical Brigade in Atlanta, commanding all Army Reserve medical units in South Carolina and Georgia.
Less than a year after 9/11, Steadman returned to war. This time, she served as part of the 360th Civil Affairs Brigade, attached to the XVIII Airborne Corps, the first major unit to go into Afghanistan after special operations forces. By that time, Steadman had been promoted to colonel, which made her the highest-ranking female service member in Afghanistan at the time.
She remembered how the country was in chaos when they arrived, with no light, electricity or water throughout much of the city, making driving the streets hazardous. Her unit would drive to hospitals around the city in their Army vehicles, always leaving at least one person at the vehicle to post “car guard” while the others went in.
When Steadman had car guard duty, it always attracted attention.
“I’d take my turn and the locals would be in awe seeing a female in uniform. The men and children would encircle me and inch in closer and closer to get a look.
“It wasn’t scary, because it was so interesting. There were always mortar rounds coming into Kabul, but they had terrible aim, so they’d mostly land in the street.”
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