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Bond Girls Are Back – in Iraq

Bond Girls Are Back – in Iraq

1st Lt. Kathryne B. Schilling, a 27-year-old native of Bethesda, Md., and training officer, Combat Logistics Battalion 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, coaches a woman as she prepares to shoot a pistol during her training to become a Sister of Ferris, June 4. The Sisters of Ferris, trained by CLB-1, 1st MLG, with support from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, will inspect women for weapons, suicide vests, large amounts of … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, Iraq, Marines, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror

3/6 Recruits Sisters in Ameriyah, Ferris

The training program designed to strengthen Iraqi Security Forces and employ women in the fight against terrorist activity has expanded in al-Anbar Province as several new recruits graduated and became the Sisters of Ameriyah-Ferris here on June 5. Previous graduates of the Sisters of Fallujah program work at multiple entry control points into the city to disrupt insurgent efforts to use women to transport contraband into the city of Fallujah. The Sisters of Amariyah-Ferris is the first group trained outside of Fallujah within the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines’ area of operations. The Sisters participated in classes held near the towns of Ameriyah and Ferris. 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines was augmented by the female search teams of Combat Logistics Battalion-1 who came out and taught the five-day training. To thoroughly train the new Sisters … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror

NW Baghdad Adds Daughters of Iraq

As part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Rogue worked with the Sons of Iraq to thwart criminal activity in the Al Mansour District of northwest Baghdad for 13 months. Now the plan is to add women to the ranks. On, May 17, 31 women from the Adil and Jamia neighborhoods of northwest Baghdad began training to become part of the Daughters of Iraq. The 10-day training program was held at the Joint Security Station in Adil. There Soldiers incorporated hands-on-instruction with classroom activities to teach women basic military skills. The women learned how to search rooms, how to handle Kalashnikov rifles and how to identify the threat of a suicide bomber. The program was designed to give women the skills necessary to conduct operations alongside their … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror

What Did You Do in the War, Mommy?

What Did You Do in the War, Mommy?

PERSIAN GULF (May 18, 2008) Chief Aviation Machinist’s Mate Crystal Crawford, assigned to the "Blue Blasters" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 waits near an F/A-18C Hornet on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the strike fighter is prepared for a mission. Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James … Read entire article »

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