Time to date again -- in Afghanistan?

"They got some pretty little women there...and I'm a gonna' get me one."

It's a sentiment easy to understand -- especially if you like women in body armor.

Not all of these helicopter pilots
are in standard body armor

Let's remember all is not dark in "A Picture From Life's Other Side."

So if you are tired of trying your luck on "E-harmony" and "Matchcom," why not try something a bit more earthy -- or shall we say "sandy?"

Try your luck in playing your hand in the "Great Game" -- where great powers and small chieftains have wrestled with caravans, tanks, and humvees for centuries.

Today many who play in the "Great Game" are women.

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Well, there may not be that many ready and available...and, yes, I am a bit senior for those out there in civilian or military capacity.

Let's face it, a growing number of American and European women serve in the military -- and in civilian Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT).

(Not to be confused with PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which is something some combat people bring home with them from Afghanistan).

In Afghanistan there are women to meet

U.S. women Marines
engage Afghan women

Let's remember there are exciting jobs available out there in Afghanistan -- as the U.S. seeks to mediate, administer and protect local development.

Men and women of an adventurous nature have ahead of them exciting and challenging cultural and professional experiences which will enrich them for the rest of their lives.

And the money isn't bad.

Just keep nearby the helmet and the body armor.


Indeed the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are currently advertising for new recruits for temporary positions at $70,000 to $155,000 a year.

Check this USAID page for more detail on Provincial Reconstruction Teams.

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There are issues:

Are the PRT's under U.S. military protection and leadership economic development tools militarized and Americanized and -- thus made more vulnerable to Taliban attack?

Can new forms of PRT more independent of the military be developed without being vulnerable to Taliban attack?

Are these PRT's compromising the role of non-government organizations (NGO's) as neutral humanitarian organizations protected from military attack?