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American women help educate Iraqi women
Education is essential for a child growing up in the world today. That is no less true in Iraq, where schools are a building block for a child’s future. Three schools were officially re-opened here, Nov. 5, thanks to Multi-National Division Baghdad Soldiers. The Shab Female School, Yassamin School and Monte Tenaybo Schools were in shambles before they came to the attention of Army civil affairs Soldiers, according to Staff Sgt. Frank Halstead, from Brooklyn, N.Y. “All three … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Military, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Iraqi Women Take Business into Their Own Hands
In January, we spoke to a number of Iraqi women about the business opportunities that they were opening up for themselves. Here’s a similar story from Southern Iraq. More than fifty Iraqi women met with Soldiers and contractors recently at the Basra Airport to discuss opportunities in business development and business contracting. A large portion of the conference was dedicated to explaining opportunities with Joint Contracting Command – Iraq’s Women-Owned Business Initiative, a program that reserves Department … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Iraqi Women With Big Guns
The Iraqi security services continue to add women, no matter what you may read in the old media. Here are a few recent pics: … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Center for Women Veterans Hosts ‘Lioness’ Screening
In April 2004, at the height of the insurgency in Iraq, five female soldiers unwittingly found themselves fighting alongside Marines in the battle for Ramadi and Fallujah. Their story is told in a documentary film bearing their unit name, “Team Lioness,†which has been shown in private and public screenings throughout the United States and Europe in the past year. The Center for Women Veterans hosted the film at the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters here … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Military, Our Best: Military Women, War on Terror
Iraqi Women Open Bazaar
Women of the Mahmudiyah Qada filled tables with homemade products and Iraqi souvenirs during a special bazaar on Forward Operation Base Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, Feb 17. Sponsored by Soldiers of Task Force 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, the innovative event gave troops stationed on the southern base the opportunity to purchase items and assist neighboring Iraqi families at the same time. “This is a great way for local women to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Iraqi Women Graduate Literacy Course
One hundred women graduated from an adult literacy course at Al-Sharquia Secondary School for Girls in the Karadah security district of eastern Baghdad Dec. 4. The graduates, their family members and other ceremony attendees gathered to celebrate what was the first of potentially many successful adult literacy classes. “This is the first step of many that the Iraqi government has taken to ensure economic growth in the Karadah district,†said Capt. Sean O’Brien, non-lethal effects coordinator with … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Our Best: Killed in Action
Not everyone who dies in our fight against terror is a man. Here is the story of a woman, a Marine, who died in the service of her country. God bless Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell. Cpl. Martin R. Harris / Marine Corps via AP The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell, 20, of Bel … Read entire article »
Filed under: Military, Our Best: Military Women
Sisters of Fallujah In Action
Cpl. Rebekah D. Hall, combat engineer and female search team member with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and a member of the ‘Sisters of Fallujah,’ search hand-bags for contraband at an entry control point. The group of Iraqi women came together in December 2007 to help U.S. forces stop the smuggling of contraband into the city of Fallujah. In the past, women and children have been used to smuggle forbidden items that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Military, Our Best: Military Women, War on Terror
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