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Female Marines Reach Out to Women of Afghanistan {Lemondrop}

Sep 23rd 2009 11:09AM I think that it's nice that the female Marines are reaching out. I am a Soldier. While serving in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Noble Eagle and while in Kuwait, we female soldiers were in the latrine and we came across a Kuwaiti International female who was cleaning the latrine. She was also crying. I asked why she was crying and she said that her husband chose a different wife and left her with her very sick child. She stated that her sick child had to go to the doctor but that she didn't have enough money to pay for it. Immediately we (female soldiers) gathered around and gave her money. She was so happy that she did thank us and she did call us her "American Sisters." And by the way.....I told her that the women there are not different than the women here because I went through exactly the same thing. It was one of my good memorable moments.