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  1. Needled_Ink_1975 Mon 19 Aug 2013 06:49PM UTC

    The "rules" (in quotes because they were unwritten) back then precluded the deployment of female personnel to any but established bases. Beyond that, the US units deployed were drawn from the 75th Rangers Battalion and 10th Mountain Regiment: at the time they had no female personnel, not even attached to their headquarters administrative staff. As far as I know, there were no foreign female military personnel deployed to Somalia, either by the US or by other nations employed solely in UN peacekeeping operations.

    There were female doctors and nurses employed by the UN, but they were civilians, and after direct threats were made against those women, they were immediately evacuated by the British and Malaysians. That was about 3 months before the events of Black Hawk Down.

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    1. mayIreadtoday Mon 19 Aug 2013 08:05PM UTC

      Thanks.

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