RUNNING FOR U.S. CONGRESS IN NORTH CAROLINA'S 9TH DISTRICT–

Shelane is the daughter of small business owners, growing up in central Florida and working on horse farms throughout her youth. After the attacks on 9/11, she commissioned as an officer in the United States Army, becoming the first in her family to join the military. Shelane deployed to Ramadi, Iraq leading Soldiers as a Military Police Platoon Leader and Executive Officer. Upon returning, she moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina and was specially selected for a Special Operations pilot program deploying women on combat missions in Afghanistan with Army Rangers and Navy SEALs, and charged with gathering critical intelligence on high-value Taliban and Al Qaeda targets. Shelane and her teammates’ contributions to this historic program are chronicled in the New York Times bestseller, Ashley’s War, by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.

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