Presence Patrol

by SSgt Nathanael Callon

Presence Patrol

U.S. Air Force First Lieutenant Georganne Hassell, the information operations officer of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, looks out across the city during a presence patrol along the outskirts of Qalat City, Afghanistan, July 23, 2010. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon, U.S. Air Force)

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This photo depicts a female Air Force lieutenant on a presence patrol in southern Afghanistan even as discussions about women in combat swirled about Washington and the Department of Defense.  The landscape of women serving in the military is changing and they are asked to fill more combat roles than ever before.