Jan 11, 2021 · In August 2011, Lt. Ashley White Stumpf joined an entirely female Army cultural support team, or CST, that would soon deploy to Afghanistan into combat alongside various elite elements of the...

Mar 7, 2021 · The U.S. Army Special Operations Command creates a pilot program that allows elite women soldiers on the battlefield with Green Berets and Army Rangers in Afghanistan in 2010. The unit, CST-2, brings together a hand-picked group of women from the Army, and that includes 1st Lieutenant Ashley White. White and her platoon mates bond over adversity.

Nov 13, 2020 · Lt. Ashley White served with the unit and became the first CST member killed in action. Her story inspired Gayle Tzemach Lemmon's best-selling 2015 book " Ashley's War: …

Apr 25, 2015 · When Ashley White was killed by a homemade bomb during a night raid in Afghanistan on Oct. 22, 2011, her family had no clue what kind of danger she was in. “We had no idea she was out there...

Apr 21, 2015 · In a new book, “Ashley’s War,” best-selling author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon details what these women went through in training and on these dangerous missions, focusing on 1st Lt. Ashley White Stumpf, who was among the first group of female soldiers to go into combat zones as part of a Cultural Support Team, or “CST”.

Sep 1, 2020 · Presents the story of First Lieutenant Ashley White and a groundbreaking team of female American warriors who served alongside Special Operations soldiers on the battle field in Afghanistan

Spellbound is a 2002 American documentary that was directed by Jeffrey Blitz. The film follows eight competitors in the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The film received positive reviews and won several awards, including a nomination for …

Jun 9, 2015 · On Oct. 22, 2011, First Lieutenant Ashley White was killed when a member of the assault team she was supporting set off an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

May 28, 2015 · When Smithsonian caught up with the kids from the acclaimed documentary “Spellbound” last week, an important voice was missing: Ashley White, the spunky 13-year-old from Washington, D.C, with...

Ashley's War directed by Lesli Linka Glatter • Film + cast • Letterboxd. The story of the creation by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command of a pilot program that allowed elite women soldiers on the battlefield with Green Berets and Army Rangers in Afghanistan in 2010.