The residual stress of combat causes her to dwell on every misstep, perceived or real. During debriefs, however, I’ve noticed a different kind of focus. On operations, Cohen is exemplary: She thinks fast, and her aggressive style almost always puts her at an advantage. She told me that she only cares about whether the other operators respect her.
So I asked if she thought those descriptions were accurate. Ĭohen uses other people’s assessments to describe herself: She told me that Specialists Dominic “Bandit” Brunsmeier and James “Smoke” Porter tell her she’s “too serious,” while others describe her as “intense,” and that she enjoys being proven right. Campbell’s amenable personality enables Cohen to step out of her comfort zone without feeling self-conscious or judged. Her bond with Specialist Miles “Castle” Campbell is therefore important to her – and I would say to the team as well. Cohen is cautious and doesn’t cultivate many close relationships. Extracting anything personal from the tangle is difficult. Her identity is intertwined with her military training and operations. Cohen added that she appreciates high-risk, high-reward scenarios, but didn’t elaborate on what level of personal risk is acceptable. Military service acted as an escape from family tensions and appealed to her ordered and focused personality. There’s resentment toward a judgmental grandmother, but no lasting trauma. Ĭohen isn’t interested in discussing her childhood. She asked so many probing questions, it was starting to feel as though she were analyzing me. I had several meetings with Specialist Eliza “Ash” Cohen before I gave up on convincing her to not see me as a commanding officer. Along with Hebrew, Cohen is fluent in Arabic, English, French and Greek. Moving to the US to work with FBI SWAT, Cohen applied her degree in Engineering and gift in structural resistance to develop advanced demolition tactics and equipment. Skilled in ground and airborne operations, all-weather and all-terrain navigation and reconnaissance, she was invaluable in Operation Orchard. After undergoing the rigorous twenty-two month training for the elite Air Force unit, Shaldag, she served five years. She earned a degree in Structural Engineering at Tel Aviv University and spent a few semesters at Boston University.Ĭohen then enlisted in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Cohen was raised in Israel, excelling in Mathematics and Physics. “You can never truly understand a conflict until you’ve been on both sides.”Ĭohen’s mother is a renowned Jewish political activist and professor while her Palestinian father is a professor of Middle Eastern Studies.
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