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Women Marines want a chance outside the Afghan wire
Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:00am EDT
By Golnar Motevalli
BARCHA, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Tiffany
Jones chews tobacco, spitting the juice into the Afghan desert as she
talks, and wears her M-16 automatic rifle slung across her chest just
like her male colleagues.
Jones wanted to be a sniper but, like many women on active service in
the U.S. military, she has never been outside "the wire" -- the
heavily guarded razor-wire perimeter of her base.
"I don't think the American public on a whole is ready to hear about
females in the military getting blown up and their body parts
everywhere," Jones said.
Still, Jones said she would like to see more women in combat.
In the U.S. Marines, women cannot fight with units engaged in direct
combat with the enemy. While they do get some infantry training, they
cannot join infantrymen on the front line.
Jones, 20, works in a motor pool at Camp Leatherneck, a sprawling base
of thousands of U.S. Marines in southern Helmand province, the
heartland of the Taliban-led insurgency.
Her hair is cut about an inch above her collar, according to Marine
regulations for women with short hair, and she works with a unit
fixing armored vehicles.
She longs to go outside "the wire", but the rate at which armored
vehicles are being ambushed and blown up in a growing insurgency means
Jones's skills are needed more at Leatherneck's motor pool.
Violence in Afghanistan has reached its worst level this year since
the Taliban were overthrown by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in 2001.
Casualties have soared since U.S. and British forces launched major
offensives in the south mid-year.
At least 882 American service members have been killed in Afghanistan
since 2001, and U.S. President Barack Obama is seriously considering
sending thousands more to join a war many at home are becoming
increasingly weary with.
Despite the dangers, women like Jones and Sergeant Shannon Boertmann
are frustrated that camps like Leatherneck are as close to the
frontline as they are likely to get.
Boertmann helps build bases from scratch, often in remote areas where
Marine units have just taken new ground. But she is not trained for
the infantry -- a high-risk specialty reserved for men, known as
"grunts", who are trained to kill.
"It's a little bit (frustrating), I can understand why females are not
out there, but at the same time I want to get out there," Boertmann
said.
"They have a really tight bond and I think 'wow I wish I could be out
there and try it'," she says of the grunts.
GUNS, BUNS AND GRUNTS
Women in the Marines' trademark sand-colored fatigues are a fairly
common sight at Leatherneck and Barcha, a village and patrol base
about 80 km (50 miles) south of Leatherneck.
Boertmann and 21-year-old Alabaman Lance Corporal Mary Birker have
worked in "female engagement teams" who meet Afghan women in villages
where "grunts" have pushed.
In deeply conservative Muslim Afghanistan, NATO rules state house
searches must be conducted by the Afghan army wherever possible.
Female engagement teams are there to talk to the women.
When they meet women face-to-face in their homes, Birker and Boertmann
are temporarily allowed to flout the Marine Corps' strict hair
regulations by wearing headscarves, or hejabs, underneath their
helmets, as a courtesy.
In Barcha, Boertmann wears her long blonde hair in a tight French
braid, which allows her to put on her helmet when she goes on patrol.
Birker's hair is slicked back and coiled into a tight bun, by
regulation no larger than her military ID card.
"Hairspray is a big one. We ran out of hairspray a lot down in Camp
Dwyer, we were like 'what are we going to keep our hair up with
today?'," Jones said.
But those are trivial considerations when it comes to their sincere
desire to join the grunts on the frontline if the Pentagon suddenly
changed its rules.
"If somebody came and said, 'do you want to be a grunt today?', hell
yes, I'd jump at the chance to go," Birker said.
Jones quickly agreed.
"I'll get my M-203, let's go," she said, referring to a grenade
launcher which can be attached to a rifle.
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13px;">BARCHA, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. Marine Lance Corporal =
Tiffany Jones chews tobacco, spitting the juice into the Afghan desert =
as she talks, and wears her M-16 automatic rifle slung across her chest =
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size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">Jones wanted to be a sniper but, like many women on active =
service in the U.S. military, she has never been outside "the wire" -- =
the heavily guarded razor-wire perimeter of her =
base.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">"I don't think the American public on a whole =
is ready to hear about females in the military getting blown up and =
their body parts everywhere," Jones said.</span></font></div><div =
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combat.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">In the U.S. Marines, women cannot fight with =
units engaged in direct combat with the enemy. While they do get some =
infantry training, they cannot join infantrymen on the front =
line.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Jones, 20, works in a motor pool at Camp =
Leatherneck, a sprawling base of thousands of U.S. Marines in southern =
Helmand province, the heartland of the Taliban-led =
insurgency.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Her hair is cut about an inch above her =
collar, according to Marine regulations for women with short hair, and =
she works with a unit fixing armored vehicles.</span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
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"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">She longs to go outside "the wire", but the rate at which armored =
vehicles are being ambushed and blown up in a growing insurgency means =
Jones's skills are needed more at Leatherneck's motor =
pool.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span =
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13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Violence in Afghanistan has reached its worst =
level this year since the Taliban were overthrown by U.S.-backed Afghan =
forces in 2001. Casualties have soared since U.S. and British forces =
launched major offensives in the south mid-year.</span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
min-height: 14px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
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style=3D"font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div =
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"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">At least 882 American service members have been killed in =
Afghanistan since 2001, and U.S. President Barack Obama is seriously =
considering sending thousands more to join a war many at home are =
becoming increasingly weary with.</span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
min-height: 14px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
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"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">Despite the dangers, women like Jones and Sergeant Shannon =
Boertmann are frustrated that camps like Leatherneck are as close to the =
frontline as they are likely to get.</span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
min-height: 14px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">Boertmann helps build bases from scratch, often in remote areas =
where Marine units have just taken new ground. But she is not trained =
for the infantry -- a high-risk specialty reserved for men, known as =
"grunts", who are trained to kill.</span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
min-height: 14px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">"It's a little bit (frustrating), I can understand why females =
are not out there, but at the same time I want to get out there," =
Boertmann said.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">"They have a really tight bond and I think =
'wow I wish I could be out there and try it'," she says of the =
grunts.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font =
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13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">GUNS, BUNS AND GRUNTS</span></font></div><div =
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min-height: 14px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">Women in the Marines' trademark sand-colored fatigues are a =
fairly common sight at Leatherneck and Barcha, a village and patrol base =
about 80 km (50 miles) south of Leatherneck.</span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
min-height: 14px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">Boertmann and 21-year-old Alabaman Lance Corporal Mary Birker =
have worked in "female engagement teams" who meet Afghan women in =
villages where "grunts" have pushed.</span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
min-height: 14px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">In deeply conservative Muslim Afghanistan, NATO rules state house =
searches must be conducted by the Afghan army wherever possible. Female =
engagement teams are there to talk to the women.</span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
min-height: 14px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">When they meet women face-to-face in their homes, Birker and =
Boertmann are temporarily allowed to flout the Marine Corps' strict hair =
regulations by wearing headscarves, or hejabs, underneath their helmets, =
as a courtesy.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">In Barcha, Boertmann wears her long blonde =
hair in a tight French braid, which allows her to put on her helmet when =
she goes on patrol. Birker's hair is slicked back and coiled into a =
tight bun, by regulation no larger than her military ID =
card.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">"Hairspray is a big one. We ran out of =
hairspray a lot down in Camp Dwyer, we were like 'what are we going to =
keep our hair up with today?'," Jones said.</span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
min-height: 14px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" =
size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">But those are trivial considerations when it comes to their =
sincere desire to join the grunts on the frontline if the Pentagon =
suddenly changed its rules.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: =
normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">"If somebody came and said, 'do you want to =
be a grunt today?', hell yes, I'd jump at the chance to go," Birker =
said.</span></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><font =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal =
normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;">Jones quickly agreed.</span></font></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
min-height: 14px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"VTScreenplaySmith" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; =
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size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: =
13px;">"I'll get my M-203, let's go," she said, referring to a grenade =
launcher which can be attached to a rifle.</span></font></div><div =
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