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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
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?
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
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