Suited up in more than 80 pounds of gear, Heather Sample patrols a region of Afghanistan in 104-degree heat. Photo Credit: Kate Brooks How Women Will End The War In Afghanistan -- Marie Claire
In search of peace in the war-torn nation, the Marine Corps has embedded one of the first all-female engagement teams.
It's 2 a.m. in the pitch dark of early morning on April 14, 2010, when four female Marines reach Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district of Helmand—a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan, now tenuously calm. After an exhausting five-day journey flying from California's Camp Pendleton, the women have finally reached their home for the next six months. They're the first group of women ever to be stationed in Nawa.
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My Comment: The reasoning on why female units should be there makes sense, but these women are just a spit in a very large bucket .... and no .... they will not end the war in Afghanistan.
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