A Look at Our Coverage of Women in the Armed Forces this Memorial Day

The Disabled Iraq Veteran Starring in a Military Zombie Film

Mary Dague lost both her arms in Iraq. Thanks to a million-dollar Indiegogo campaign, she’s now starring alongside other ex-soldiers in “Range 15,” a zombie movie that wants to show the funny side of being an army vet.

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Veteran Sex Worker Air Force Amy Celebrates 25 Years of Prostitution

After 25 years as a prostitute, Air Force Amy is the most popular sex worker at Nevada’s most notorious legal brothel. We spoke to her about her work, her life, and why she calls herself the Michael Jordan of sex.

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The Girl Who Ran Away to Fight ISIS

Joanna Palani was only 22 when she left her comfortable life as a college student behind in Denmark to join up as a YPG and Peshmerga fighter on the frontlines of the war in Iraq and Syria. She tells us how ISIS soldiers are “easy to kill,” but Assad’s troops are much harder.

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What It’s Like to Be a Female Guerrilla Fighter in Colombia

For half a century, women have fought in the Colombian jungles as members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), often referred to as the world’s longest insurgency. Though they engage in combat alongside men, they’re still vulnerable to gender-specific violence like sexual assault and forced abortion.

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Here’s What It’s Like to Drink Tea with the Taliban

If you’re negotiating with fundamentalist insurgents in Afghanistan, former Royal Air Force officer Emma Dutton says it helps to drink chai with them.

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This Army of Women is Fighting Against the Islamic State

The IS persecuted their people, now these warrior Yazidi women are ruining their virgin afterlife fantasies.