Sgt. Raine Ruthie, left, and Sgt. Patricia Moreno of Yonkers, New York are both members of Team Lioness, a group of women who participate in joint military operations and raids with U.S. Marines. Lloyd Francis / Army Times'Lioness' Looks At Women In The U.S. Military -- L.A. Times
"Lioness” is an up-close look at the evolving role of women in the U.S. military -- not just in traditional roles as nurses and support personnel but as weapon-toting frontline troops.
The 82-minute piece, by veteran documentarians Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers, deals with five women who found themselves attached to a Marine battalion in the middle of prolonged fighting in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2004. Retired Navy Capt. Lory Manning, now of the Women's Research and Education Institute, says they were among the first U.S. women to experience combat on an equal footing with men.
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