Erato Detachment
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The Erato Detachment (Armenian: Էրատո ջոկատ, romanized: Erato jokat) is a military unit of the Armenian Ground Forces. It is the first all-women military unit in the Armenian Armed Forces.[1] It was created after clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan occurred in July 2020, and it operated primarily during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[1]
During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 90s, at least 115 Armenian women were known to have taken part in combat missions. In 2013, military academies in Armenia were opened to women for the first time.[1] The Armenak Khanperyants Military Aviation University admitted 5 women that year, and the following year, the Vazgen Sargsyan Military University did the same.[1]