All Female Seabees Team Make History in Afghanistan

Jan 23, 2012 21:58

It was an unusual job even for the Seabees, the U.S. Navy's construction forces trained to hold a hammer in one hand and a Beretta M9 in the other.

First, the team selected to build barracks high in the mountains of Afghanistan consisted of eight women, who are all stationed at Naval Base Ventura County. And second, the women completed the job far ( Read more... )

afghanistan, navy, military, women

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jettakd January 24 2012, 17:21:43 UTC
But damn did they ever get it done.

Totally agree with you though. It's so frustrating.

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romp January 24 2012, 06:59:13 UTC
I'm not surprised they were able to do it but glad their families got see them in the LA Times!

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kira_snugz January 24 2012, 14:57:49 UTC
good for them. epecially because of the 'bunch of girls' additude that they got.

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mirhanda January 24 2012, 19:41:48 UTC
I'm getting all choked up reading this. Good on them!

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