Female Engagement Teams Help Afghan Women

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • An Afghan boy tries on the Kevlar helmet that belongs to a U.S. Marine during a village medical outreach in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2010. An engagement team composed of all female Marines is participating in the outreach program out of respect for local customs. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Luz Lopez, right, and an Afghan National Army soldier present an Afghan child with a pair of shoes during a village medical outreach in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2010. Female medical personnel on the engagement team provided medical care to women in the village. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Luz Lopez carries a pair of shoes for an Afghan child during a village medical outreach in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2010. Marines distributed the shoes as medical personnel with a Marine Corps female engagement team provided medical care to women in the village. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Riane Donoho takes a quick break during a village medical outreach in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2010. Female medical personnel provided medical care to women in the village. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Luz Lopez, center, sorts hygiene products for an Afghan family during a village medical outreach in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2010. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Luz Lopez shows an Afghan girl how to use lip balm during a village medical outreach in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2010. Lopez is assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • U.S. Marine Lance Corps Cpl. Riane Donoho interacts with children as they wait to be seen at a village medical outreach conducted by the Marines, members of the Danish Operational Mentor and Liaison Team, the British Royal Air Force and the Afghan National Army in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2010. Afghans received care for minor injuries and illnesses, and toothbrushes and shampoo, Donoho, is a member of the female engagement team assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • A female U.S. Marine, left, who is assigned to the female engagement team teaches an Afghan child to wash his hands during a hygiene class for the children at a village medical outreach in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2010. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • Afghan children hold baby wipes that they received during a hygiene class taught by members of the U.S. Marines' female engagement team, from the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, during a village medical outreach in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2010. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Riane Donoho cleans an Afghan child's face during a hygiene class for children at a village medical outreach in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2010. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • Members of the U.S. Marines' female engagement team teach a hygiene class to children during a village medical outreach in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2010. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum
  • Afghan children wait to receive supplies distributed by U.S. Marines assigned to the female engagement team, which is attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, in Delaram, Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2010. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James B. Noble
  • U.S. Marines return to Forward Operating Base Jackson during a patrol with a female engagement team and Afghan Uniform Police through the southern bazaar in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 2, 2010. The battalion conducted counterinsurgency operations in Helmand province's Sangin valley with Afghan Security Forces during its deployment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Ortiz