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Experience
Ranie Ruthig was a part of the Lionesses documentary that explains the challenges faced when a group of females were deployed in Iraq to support their male counterparts. These women were not specifically trained in combat however they found themselves in a fire fight. Lionesses recognizes five women who saw combat in 2003 and 2004. Shannon Morgan, Rebecca Nava, Kate Pendry Guttormsen, Anastasia Breslow and Ranie Ruthig, all members of the U.S. Army’s 1st Engineer Battalion all saw combat in Iraq’s Sunni Triangle.

Staff Sergeant Ranie Ruthig was a major part of Lionesses. The Lionesses first team with females on the first line of combat.

Ruthig was a part of the Kansas Army National Guard for 13 years. She spent 6 years as an instructor until 2015 when she was promoted to chief instructor. Ruthig also worked as a Material Handler at Fort Riley, Kansas for 4 years. Before this Ruthig was a wheeled Vehicle Mechanic in the United States Army from May 1992, until March 2005. This is where Ruthig worked on team Lioness and was one of the first women to see combat on the front lines while serving in the United States Army. After taking a leave from the US Army, Ruthig attended Barton Community College in 2005.

Team Lioness
The success of Team Lioness is still under investigation. More American servicewomen have been killed or wounded resulting from hostile action in the Iraq War than in any other previous war. This has more to do with the fact that there are more US servicewomen today than at any point in the past.

Official policy stopped the armed services from assigning women to direct ground combat units in most situations. Instead, when commanders want to put talented women soldiers on combat teams, they must do so by temporarily "adding" them to those units, or sending them as a support role, rather than an official combat role