Female Marines reaching out to Afghan women.


“Three months ago, Corporal Amaya was one of 40 female Marines training at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in an edgy experiment: sending full-time “female engagement teams” to accompany all-male foot patrols in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan to win over the Afghan women who are culturally off limits to American men. ”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/world/asia/30marines.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1275246149-DqRwD2PcSTj1JklIHwP9wA

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