Cool program and glad to see it having an impact. I have never heard of such a thing, and this is certainly some out of the box thinking on the part of the Marines. Maybe the companies out there should work to hire a few female security contractors in order to have this kind of capability out there? Especially if you could get a few of these Lioness veterans. Semper Fi. –Matt
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Lionesses work to improve community in local Iraq city
6/12/2009
By Byline Lance Cpl. Melissa A. Latty ,
Unit 2nd Marine Logistics Group
CAMP KOREAN VILLAGE, Iraq —
Female Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 7, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), have been participating in civil affairs missions with the Civil Affairs Group 10, 2nd Marine Division for approximately three months in various cities surrounding Camp Korean Village, Iraq.
The women are part of an all-female team called Lioness that was first formed several years ago to implement culturally-sensitive methods of searching Iraqi women to deter the enemy’s use of females to conduct terrorist attacks.
However, Lionesses aren’t just female searchers. In fact, they now do little to no searching at all.