First BDF female officers ready for combat

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It is well over a year since the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) commissioned the pioneering 29 female officers who received their military training in Tanzania.

The female officers made history, as they were the first group to be enlisted by the army. 

And they are ready for combat, Lieutenant Monty Malomo of the BDF Public Relations Unit said. He said the women soldiers have adjusted well to army life too.

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