6. Captain Ashley Collette
via thevanguard.ca
Yarmouth-born Collette had dreamed of becoming an air force pilot as a young girl. But after getting rejected by the Air Force, she enlisted in the Canadian Army. In 2010, she was deployed to Nakhonay, a remote Afghan village, with a platoon of 60 male soldiers.
Throughout their deployment, they faced daily attacks from insurgents, via machine gun fire, IEDs or suicide bombings. But through the eight month rotation, Captain Collette showed strength and leadership qualities. Her calmness under fire and get-it-done attitude were instrumental in ridding this key village of insurgents. When the tour ended, she was awarded the Medal of Military Valor, Canada’s third-highest military honor.
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