Female Bees build history
Seabees team makes history in Afghanistan
This team of eight women completed construction of four barracks buildings in the mountains of Afghanistan in November. (Department of the Navy / December 16, 2011)
In the rocky mountains of Helmand province the group from Port Hueneme becomes the first all-female team in Seabees history to take on and complete a construction project.
Military officials say they are the first all-female construction team to take on a construction job from start to finish in the Seabees’ 70-year history. And they did it in record time in the barren rocky mountains of Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold and the focus of recent combat efforts. Click here for the rest of the story in the LA Times.
Hell of a story to in a country who formerly made women wear burkas…