Bloomberg Law
Aug. 25, 2016, 9:56 PM UTC

One of the Army’s First Female Combat Engineers is a Big Law Lawyer

Blake Edwards

Being a lawyer can be stressful, but maybe not quite as stressful as measuring out appropriate amounts of C-4 explosives or cutting concertina wire so an infantry unit can advance in a combat zone.

Alyssa Dowse is the rare person who could compare the two. During the week, Dowse is an attorney in the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady. On occasional weekends she’s a combat engineer with the U.S. Army Reserve, 469th Engineer Company in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.

After a lifetime of flirting with joining the military, Dowse, 30, enlisted last November. She finished up her training to become a combat engineer in ...

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