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Although women were not officially accepted into its ranks until the 1901 when the Army Nursing Corps was established, some women served unofficially since the Revolutionary War, according to the U.S. Army Women's Museum.

The sisters grew up outside of Boston and Lodi always wanted to be a soldier, but Barrett considered art school or the foreign service, according to the Army, and said her cyber career with was \"almost accidental.\"

ABC News' Luis Martinez contributed to this report.

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