US hopes female Marines can win over Afghan women

“female engagement teams,’’ the military’s name for four- and five-member units that will accompany men on patrols in Helmand Province to try to win over the rural Afghan women who are culturally off limits to outside men.

The teams, which are to meet with the Afghan women in their homes, assess their need for aid, and gather intelligence, are part of General Stanley A. McChrystal’s campaign for Afghan hearts and minds. His officers say that you cannot gain the trust of the Afghan population if you only talk to half of it

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Just_A_Mom said:

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
(don't tell Congress)

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Just_A_Mom said:

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
(don't tell Congress)

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