Women Marines in Counterinsurgency Operations: Lioness and Female Engagement Teams

Abstract

During the course of the last 20 years, the character of war has changed; conventional fighting is no longer the norm and insurgent tactics are more prevalent. The battlefield is congruent, as Iraq and Afghanistan have shown, there is no longer a front line or an identifiable rear area. As the character of war continues to change, the US military must change as well. The U.S. military has adapted to overcome the Middle Eastern cultural gender sensitivities by utilizing women Marines to engage with the Iraqi and Afghan female population. Attaching Lioness and Female Engagement Teams to ground combat units is very successful in increasing security, information operations, and relations building. This paper is a detailed analysis of these two specific programs proving that women play a vital role in current counterinsurgency operations.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 05, 2010
Accession Number
ADA604399

Entities

People

  • Ginger E. Beals

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Battlefields
  • Civil War
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Information Operations
  • Iraqi-War
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Personnel Management
  • Rear Areas
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.