Shannon Morgan Books in Order

Team Lioness were female United States Marines attached to combat units in Iraq and Afghanistan. They were deployed to conduct searches of local women during house raids and checkpoint operations, tasks that male soldiers could not perform due to cultural restrictions in conservative Islamic societies. As early precursors to the formal Female Engagement Teams (FETs), Lioness members engaged with Iraqi and Afghan women to gather critical intelligence, build rapport, and disseminate information, roles that enhanced the military’s counterinsurgency efforts by leveraging gendered access to civilian populations.