Military women show their might in counterinsurgency
Proportionately, more female soldiers work in counterinsurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan than in other parts of the military. So what’s behind the numbers, and how can the military best use women for those operations? We look at the military jobs women may be better at than their male counterparts with Army Reserve Maj. Paula Broadwell, researcher at the Center for Public Leadership; and retired Army Sgt. Genevieve Chase, founder of American Women Veterans.
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