Everyone, I think you will agree that she is not just a pretty face.
On a previous tour the truck she was in overturned and an insurgent approached them guarding them with his rifle. With the other occupants trapped or injured and despite being unarmed, she attacked the man disarming him and he then ran away. She was given an award for her actions.
She did not do herself or any other woman any favors by whooping up on the insurgent. Most of those guys do not want a woman educated, in anything, and now I am sure hand to hand combat is at the top of that list!