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Female Lioness Program Trains Marines

Marine Corps Trains Female Servicemembers

The Lioness program is a Marine Corps all female Search Team, that was first formed a number of years ago to support a culturally sensitive approach when female Muslim and Iraqi women needed to be searched. Because it is not culturally possible for men to search females, a program was created where female Marine Corps members were used to search female members of the Iraqi population.

There are a number of new training regiments that are working to train new members for the program. Female Marines are being trained for the Lioness program to help provide support for the program, which has been very successful at maintaining a level of security for a number of efforts. As the need for searching citizens to maintain security checkpoints increases, there is an increasing need for females search team members. The Lioness program has been a successful Marine Corps program that has provided trained and skilled female soldiers that can work to search members of the Iraqi citizens that are women.

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About 50 percent of the citizens of the country of Iraq are women, and there is an ongoing active need to be able to search women along with male members of the citizens, without given a cultural insult. Using female members of the Marine Corps Lioness program, women can be searched to make sure they are not carrying weapons or explosive, or other contraband.

10 Responses to “Female Lioness Program Trains Marines”


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Gloria    February 23rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0

i am doing a research paper in english. the topic is should females in the military be excluded from direct combat or other hazardous situations? i thought it would be cool if some people stated their opion
Fred    August 18th, 2009 at 3:26 pm Thumb up 2 Thumb down 0

Gloria,
Warfare has changed, there is no actual “front line” to keep female soldiers behind. The U.S. law generally prohibits women from serving in “Frontline Combat units”, Today, however, all units operating in theater can expect to be engaged in combat in a counter-insurgency. Of the 4000+ U.S. casualties 781 are female soldiers (300+ killed in action). The article above shows that there are military duties that can BEST be performed by women, so my humble opinion is that they already DO perform in combat situations, and have proven themselves effective, sometimes more so than their male counterparts.
Noelle    November 11th, 2009 at 11:16 am Thumb up 1 Thumb down 0

I think the Lioness Program is GREAT!!! Obviously women can, and have shown, they can fight on the front line. The law prohibiting them from fighting in combat should be changed. They are soldiers too! The U.S. service no longer sees in black and white, and they should stop seeing in ‘pink’ and ‘blue’. The only colors they should see are the colors of the American Flag in which they put their lives on the line for.
caroline    February 9th, 2010 at 7:46 am Thumb up 1 Thumb down 2

I belive this program is a good idea , and it gives women who want to do more the chance. im a future female marine and i want to defend my country but sit in an office all day
oorah
kristin Lee    March 17th, 2010 at 8:52 pm Thumb up 2 Thumb down 3

This is great! But the only problem with women on the front is (and I am a woman) is the distraction they may pose when in dangerous situations although men are to treat everyone as equal a woman is also a mother a sister a girlfriend and maybe just maybe instinct would be to try to keep a third eye on a female putting themselves the group and the objective at risk. Females have always been and always will be apart of the armed forces in all areas but there is a line that will seperate the sexes,w/out trying to sound sexist. I belive that technology today makes it very easy to get from point a to point b and get the job done in min.time w/out or min loss of life..I wish they had this for the poor souls at Iwo Jima.
So good luck to these women and they should be honored to be apart of history of a country built souly on courage and sacrafice..God I love this country!
francis    April 9th, 2010 at 3:39 pm Well-loved. Like or Dislike: Thumb up 7 Thumb down 1

I for one am a female marine and id just like to say that the lioness program is a great program not just because it gives u a great sense of accomplishment but also because its such a selfless program that allows women in the military to show how powerful a women can be and lso show the world its not all roses and cupcakes.. the military life is what u make of it.. and its not so much that we are not wanted in the frontlines there’s a reason for it.. the men do that because of the ego and its just a mans job to protect and also they’re physically made for that also because of what could be done to a female if they’re taken as a POW (prisoner of war) the abuse is endless and america along w. Other countries will look down on what we do and our armed forces.. each branch of the military has there mission marines just clean up the mess w. A lil style.. females want equality so its said.. so how about we act like it and stop punking out like some prissy girl to get it u gotta earn it and that’s life male or female.. I love the corps and I will soon begin my training for the lioness program and give to my ppl family and motherland what its given me and if it takes my life like our cadence.. if I die in a combat zone.. box me up and take me home.. tell my mama I did my best
Rachel    July 19th, 2010 at 12:52 pm Well-loved. Like or Dislike: Thumb up 4 Thumb down 0

I am a female marine and I want to get involved in the program really bad. But how do I go about doing it? I talked to my chain and they know I want to go. But what else an I do?
sarah    August 12th, 2010 at 3:22 pm Thumb up 1 Thumb down 1

i think this program is great women have showed that they can fight as good as men some even better than men…theres just one thing i dont understand they say we are not allowed in the front lines because we distract the men and a man would go through much more trouble to save a woman than a man…i mean were all the same and were all fighting for the same reason….its not our problem that they feel that way they should not blame women for the way men act around them during combat…but other than that this program is really great and i hope to one day join it…
Jamie    August 24th, 2010 at 9:57 pm Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0

Having been in Iraq and Afghanistan and having been injured I do not think the myth of males being distracted by a female is there as far as battle goes. When I was injured in helicopter accident I did not get any special attention or consideration from the men other than good medical care. That did not seem to distract them any more than it would have if a male had been injured. I think that is a myth that should be discarded in our minds. However, if you go over there as a female and try to mess around with the guys or use your female status to get attention, then it could be a distraction. Be professional, don’t mess around with the guys sexually, and it is not a distraction.
mike    August 25th, 2010 at 11:07 am Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0

sarah….noone is blaming women for anything. The simple fact is that men are programmed and naturally feel the way they do about women. It sounds like you are blaming men for how they naturally feel. The goal is to win the war. If keeping women separate from men in infantry units is going to help us reach this goal than that is what needs to be done

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