Ashley's War
2015-05-16T19:16:52-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNThhXC8yMDE1MDUxNjE5MjEyODAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Gayle Lemmon talked about her book, Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield, about the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s Cultural Support Teams, a program which puts women on the battlefield with Army Rangers, Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and other special operations teams that conduct culturally sensitive missions in Afghanistan that require contact with women and children. Ms. Lemmon said that while officially banned from combat, the women who join these Cultural Support Teams see plenty of it.
Gayle Lemmon talked about her book, Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield, about the U.S… read more
Gayle Lemmon talked about her book, Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield, about the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s Cultural Support Teams, a program which puts women on the battlefield with Army Rangers, Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and other special operations teams that conduct culturally sensitive missions in Afghanistan that require contact with women and children. Ms. Lemmon said that while officially banned from combat, the women who join these Cultural Support Teams see plenty of it. close