Women can not be in the presence of men who are not their family. Even male soldiers searching a woman's empty room was offensive, that a man touched the belongings of a women.
Cultural Support Team was created. Women soldiers were recruited to participate in night raids & village outreach.
These women put themselves through extreme physical challenges - marching for hours with blistered feet, woken up early in the morning to do drills - for the honor of serving with the Special Ops team and for their country.
American interpreters who were fluent in Pashto or Dari were also recruited. They had to keep up with the men of the Special Ops team as well, while being treated with suspicion.
A quote that was spoken at Ashley White's eulogy:
When Ashley White-Stumpf became an angel she was at the apex of her life. She was a newlywed with an incredibly loving and supporting husband. She had just purchased her first home. She had a good job and an amazing family. And yet Ashley asked, "what can I do, how can I make a difference?"
Think about that for a minute. How much better would this world be if every person, at the happiest, most fulfilled point in in their life, thought not of themselves but of the good they could do for things bigger than themselves?
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