Non-Fiction Book Group discusses "Ashley's War" by Gayle Lemmon
Date:
Tue, 11/01/2016 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Contact:
Help Desk 986-1047, ext. 3
Age Group:
Adult
In 2010, the Army created Cultural Support Teams, a secret pilot program to insert women alongside Special Operations soldiers battling in Afghanistan. The Army reasoned that women could play a unique role on Special Ops teams: accompanying their male colleagues on raids and, while those soldiers were searching for insurgents, questioning the mothers, sisters, daughters and wives living at the compound. Their presence had a calming effect on enemy households, but more importantly, the CSTs were able to search adult women for weapons and gather crucial intelligence.
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