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Afghan women learn life-saving techniques

Afghan women learn life-saving techniques

Thirteen Afghan women received life-saving first aid training at a provincial women’s development center shura held in Paktya province, Nov. 1. U.S. servicemembers assigned to the Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team and the Nebraska Agribusiness Development Team, both located on Forward Operating Base Goode, taught the women how to treat burns, lacerations and abrasions. U.S. Air Force medics Tech Sgt. Rebecca Rose, with the ADT from Coleridge, Neb., and Staff Sgt. April DeLuna, with the PRT from San … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Medicine, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror

Female Engagement Team Producing Results

Female Engagement Team Producing Results

The Female Engagement Team with 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, is enhancing the ability to gain intelligence from an untapped resource: Afghan women. “Our mission is to go where the men can’t,” said Sgt. Shanequa Cardona, a team leader with the FET of 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment. “Because of their customs, it is seen as inappropriate for women to talk with men who live outside their home.” “Without the … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Military, Our Best: Military Women, War on Terror

Afghan Air Force Adds Women Officers

Afghan Air Force Adds Women Officers

Another milestone was made in the modernization of the Afghan Air Force with the graduation of the first five female officers from their first professional military education course at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force’s “Big Air School,” in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 11. The Air Orientation Course is designed as the first step to service in the AAF. The course consists of over 100 hours of classroom education in a multitude of topics. Topics include subjects such … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror

Band-aids Instead of Bullets

Band-aids Instead of Bullets

Recently during Operation Cobra’s Anger, a multi-day operation led by Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to rid the Now Zad area of Taliban control, members of the company’s severe trauma platoon extended an invitation to members of the battalion’s civil affairs group to take cover from the rain in their mobile severe trauma bay. Within the security and warmth of the STB the members of the two parties began talking about the day’s events. “We … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Marines, Medicine, Military, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror

Afghan Women Heard

Afghan Women Heard

Commander Betsy Myhre, a nurse practitioner assigned to the Cooperative Medical Assistance Team at Bagram Air Field, takes a look at some children from a nomadic Kuchi tribe during a short stop before a medical engagement in Dah Khawak, Panjshir, Afghanistan. Medical engagements are an opportunity to partner local Afghan medical providers with coalition providers and build capacity within the Ministry of Public Health. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sergeant Demetrius Lester) During a medical engagement in … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror