Posts Tagged ‘female engagement team’
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Now Zad: Life After the Taliban (Part I)
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a two-part series about the district of Now Zad in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan, and the Marine responsible for rebuilding it after years of insurgents and unrest. [Read more...]
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Women get one step closer to combat
For the last several years, in the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, women have fought and died in combat zones. Although not serving in infantry units, female medics, military police officers and intelligence officers [Read more...]
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Women in Combat – Will it happen?
On June 12, 1948, President Harry Truman signed into law the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act. The Act gave women permanent status in the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marines. The services became an [Read more...]
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Lessons Learned: Lt. Col. Diana Staneszewski
Lt. Col. Diana Staneszewski is a Western woman who communicates with Afghans in their native tongue, bridging the language barrier.