On March 10th, the American Forces Press Service reported that the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment - the ground combat element of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force in Afghanistan - formally began sending all-female Marine Lioness teams out on missions to interact with Afghan women and children
in Farah Province.
Marines Use Lionesses in Afghanistan
Each year I manage to see a couple [of films] that I can’t get out of my head. This year one of the films was Lioness.
- Melissa Silverstein, WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD
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