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PenFed Foundation's Afghan Rescue and Resettlement Program Steps Up for Afghan Women Heroes Who Served Alongside U.S. Service Members

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Thursday, August 4, 2022
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TYSONS, Va., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The PenFed Foundation, a national 501(c)3 founded by PenFed Credit Union, is proud to announce its Afghan Rescue and Resettlement Program (ARRP) has helped 50 families and over 180 refugees resettle in the United States as the nation enters the one-year anniversary of the dramatic fall of Kabul, Afghanistan. The program was founded in November 2021 to assist refugees who are proven to have supported our country's values in exemplary ways, with a particular focus on resettling Afghan women soldiers and their families who worked alongside U.S. Army women soldiers through the Army's Cultural Support Team (CST).

Key Points: 
  • These Afghan women soldiers were crucial to supporting the U.S. as they worked to hunt the Taliban during night raids and to gather valuable intelligence from other women in remote villages.
  • "The war in Afghanistan may officially be over, but the sisterhood developed between the American and Afghan women soldiers who served together certainly is not," said Rebekah Edmondson, program manager for the PenFed Foundation's ARRP and a U.S. Army CST veteran.
  • "The group of women I served alongside during my four deployments to Afghanistan were remarkable and they deserve our support."
  • The credit union funds the Foundation's personnel and most operational costs, demonstrating its strong commitment to the programs the Foundation provides.