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Female Engagement Teams Support Troops
At barely 39 degrees Fahrenheit outside, the two women of Female Engagement Team 6 warmed their red, sniffling noses by drinking hot chocolate out of canteen cups. It was early morning and they had little sleep from the cold night before. The Marines began dressing in their body armor, preparing for their upcoming day of work. Sergeants Jessica Lugo and Autumn Sekely were getting ready to go out in support of Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Military, Our Best: Military Women, War on Terror
The youth of Sangin
More than 85 children from around Sangin attended the Sangin Youth Outreach Shura held by Female Engagement Teams assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, at Forward Operating Base Jackson, Aug. 17. “It is important to work with the youth of Sangin because just like the kids in the U.S., they want to grow up to be something,” said Sgt. Juanita Towns, the FET 13 team leader. “So it is just best that we try to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Humanitarian Assistance, Marines, Military, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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
Our Best: Female Engagement Team
GARMSIR DISTRICT, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan — Sgt. Kimberly Nalepka, a Coral Springs, Fla., native, speaks to a teacher about the day’s lesson plan at a local school April 30. Nalepka is the team leader of the Female Engagement Team in Garmsir, where 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment operates. Nalepka and her team regularly visit medical clinics and schools on the area. The FET’s purpose is to interact with the female population in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Marines, Military, Our Best: Military Women, War on Terror
Female engagement team breaks for training
Marines with the Regional Command Southwest Female Engagement Team conducted reset training here Jan 11-12. The Marines are required to return to Camp Leatherneck every 45 days to conduct reset training to give them a break from their respective units and share lessons learned before returning to their assigned districts. “During this reset, we wanted to focus on some of the projects they have been doing,” said Master Sgt. Cherelle L. Peters-Williams, from Ithica, N.Y., and FET … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Marines, Military, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Our Best: Sgt. Guadalupe Rodriquez
Sgt. Guadalupe Rodriquez, dressed in more than 60 pounds of combat gear, sat and flipped through pages of Cosmopolitan magazine, stopping at the horoscopes section. “Scorpio,” she started to read aloud. “You have the travel itch on the third…this is a great time to score trips to tropical locales. Relax at the beach or lake in a nearby town.” Her four teammates burst out in laughter, all looking around at the Marjah farmland surrounded by desert. The desert … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Military, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Our Best: Spc. Brittany Hardcastle
Spc. Brittany Hardcastle joined the Army and volunteered for the 82nd Airborne Division to make a difference – and she has. Hardcastle is a Paratrooper with the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. She prepares and gives intelligence briefings to anyone passing through Regional Command –West, Afghanistan seeking intelligence. She is a member of the Female Engagement Team and she routinely acts as the intelligence representative for missions outside Forward Operating … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
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
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