Posted on Jun 30, 2015
Are you aware of the presence of the all female cultural support team?
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Ashley White was the first female soldier to die in combat as part of an elite cultural support team sent to Afghanistan to engage women and gather information unavailable to male.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/11/nation/la-na-cultural-20111212
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/11/nation/la-na-cultural-20111212
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Similar to the Female Engagement Teams, a combat multiplier by having a female present on the objective.
For those interested, the Army RANGERS were SFC Kristoffer B. Domeij and PFC Christopher A. Horns. SFC Domeij was on his FOURTEENTH DEPLOYMENT!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/tk_n_1035286.html
For those interested, the Army RANGERS were SFC Kristoffer B. Domeij and PFC Christopher A. Horns. SFC Domeij was on his FOURTEENTH DEPLOYMENT!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/tk_n_1035286.html
Army Ranger Who Made Historic Rescue Killed During 14th Deployment
By JULIE WATSON, Associated Press SAN DIEGO — A soldier who was killed in a bomb explosion last week in Afghanistan was on his 14th combat deployment – including four tours in Iraq and
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CSM Michael J. Uhlig
I am disappointed that the author did not also mention this Warrior and Hero in LA Times. To me it identifies the level of professionalism to which these women were serving.
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Sad to say that Ranger SFC Kristoffer B. Domeij doesn't fit any media agenda. His heroic story won't make for a good movie or book. In that case they took and issue and found a person that fit into what they need to promote it instead of the other way around.
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CPT (Join to see) This was a very good article (sad for the loss of of Ashley White), but this really sheds some light on the more increased roles and level of participation in the combat zone for women. I had no idea that this was even being done. Thanks for sharing.
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SFC Stephen King
Yes I am aware
Cultural Support Team CST
from the book Ashley's War:
In 2010, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command created Cultural Support Teams, a pilot program to put women on the battlefield alongside Green Berets and Army Rangers on sensitive missions in Afghanistan. The idea was that women could access places and people that had remained out of reach, and could build relationships—woman to woman—in ways that male soldiers in a conservative, traditional country could not. Though officially banned from combat, female soldiers could be “attached” to different teams, and for the first time, women throughout the Army heard the call to try out for this special ops program.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23019289-ashley-s-war
Cultural Support Team CST
from the book Ashley's War:
In 2010, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command created Cultural Support Teams, a pilot program to put women on the battlefield alongside Green Berets and Army Rangers on sensitive missions in Afghanistan. The idea was that women could access places and people that had remained out of reach, and could build relationships—woman to woman—in ways that male soldiers in a conservative, traditional country could not. Though officially banned from combat, female soldiers could be “attached” to different teams, and for the first time, women throughout the Army heard the call to try out for this special ops program.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23019289-ashley-s-war
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Dressmaker of Khair Khana comes the poignant and gripping story of a groundbreaking ...
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A 'Band of Sisters' on the Special Ops Battlefield. Your thoughts? | RallyPoint
Even before women were allowed in combat roles, a group of female soldiers gained crucial information for special operations units. http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/23/opinions/lemmon-band-of-sisters-special-ops/index.html
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It was a great read. I read it and I also read Solider Girls by Helen Thorpe. Two different perspectives and I would hazard to say at both ends of the spectrum. In talking with many female Vets, most had an experience somewhere in the middle.
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She was from my BCT. She was a member of the North Carolina Army National Guard. It was a sad loss. I am really not much of a fan of these Cultural Support Teams. I am not taking anything away the soldiers that served on it but I haven't see any really reflecting their impact in Afghanistan. They did get some information but I am not really sure if this program was as a success as it is made out to be.
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