Lawfare Archive: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon on ‘Ashley's War’ and the Role of Women on the Special Ops Battlefield
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The All Women Spe Operation
The all women spe operation was created to fill a security gap in the special operations war. The combat band meant that women soldiers were not there on these missions. It also meant that if you wanted to hide a person or a thing that was then being sought by a ranger or seal team, you could do so in women's quarters. A group of young women who found a family in a way that we are so used to seeing War stories about people who find families on the battlefield.
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