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Short answer. YES — kinda sort of, let me explain.They were SF and Ranger support elements in Afghanistan after completing their own A&S and CSTC course at Ft. Bragg.The USASOC CST (Cultural Support Teams) program was created as a temporary (2010–2014), mission-driven enabler program directed at engaging Afghan women and children. They were necessary for building rapport with Afghan women and children; gathering useful information about high-value targets and weapons caches, and promoting Afghan government legitimacy to the population.These women were not Special Forces; they were not trained to be Special Forces; they did not earn the “Long-Tab”. They were specially trained in a particular area to help gather information and enable their mission in support of SF and Ranger missions.These women soldiers were part of Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force—Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A). There were four Task Forces (TF) — TF East, TF West, TF South, and TF Southeast. Their primary function was Village Stability Operations (VSO) and Cultural Support Team (CST) operations. Their operational control was the SFODA. They were enablers for the teams when dialogue was needed with the female population because it is frowned upon that men communicate with women.These women soldiers were experts in what they did and performed an essential mission because there were many times that the indigenous women on target presented a threat to the SF and Ranger soldiers. Women are just as capable of hiding an AK-47 or suicide vest under their clothes, and just as capable of killing as a man is.The two female soldiers listed below were KIA in support of these SOF missions.CST-2 First Lieutenant Ashley I. White, Medical Service Corps, 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, is killed in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan while supporting 2/75th Ranger Regiment. She is the first CST killed in action.CST-5 member CPT Jennifer M. Moreno, Army Nurse Corps, Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, is killed in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan while supporting 3/75th Ranger Regiment. She is the second CST killed in action. She was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for valor.Due to the phased drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, the winding-down of VSO, and the shift away from unilateral U.S. military operations, USASOC suspended the CST program.This is a photo, courtesy USASOC, of a 16 member CST Team at Bagram AB, 2012. Notice the “Electric Butterknife” Patch on their left sleeves.

In the U.S. Army, currently there are three “tactical” corps. They are I Corps, headquartered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA; III Corps headquartered at Fort Hood, TX; and XVIII Airborne, headquartered at Fort Bragg, NC.There are also several “administrative” corps, such as the Acquisition Corps, Adjutant General’s Corps, Chaplains Corps, Chemical Corps, Corps of Engineers, Dental Corps, Finance Corps, and about ten others.

No.Simply put the Russian military has about 770,000 active duty members and some 2 Million Reserve forces and those numbers would not be enough to launch a ground invasion of the US nor to occupy it. Then consider that theirs is a conscript military with relatively low interest in being in the military with little combat experience among their leadership and NCO corps vs the US military & vets with some 500,000+ with fairly recent combat experience fighting on their home turf.Then add in the lack of logistics to move the military to the US; the lack of enough tanks, planes, and helicopters; and they would not be sustainable once they got here.Let's say the Russians managed to do a Red Dawn style surprise airborne assault with 5000 troops and they managed to capture Seattle with it's 600,000+ people. Then what? The immediate problem is Joint Base Lewis–McChord with I Corps (United States) stationed there just a few miles south in Tacoma WA. They would pose an immediate threat to an occupying force. Nevermind the other military assets within the Puget Sound area. All the US forces would have to do is surround the Russian forces and wait them out while preventing any reinforcements & supplies from arriving. They would be forced to surrender after a time.