[1] Moreno was posthumously promoted to the rank of Captain, awarded the Combat Action Badge, Bronze Star Medal, and the Purple Heart after her death on the line of duty.

The main task of the unit was to help soldiers in the front lines to communicate and mediate with Afghan women, whose interactions with men could be seen as inappropriate in their culture.

Moreno died on October 5, 2013, during a Special Operations raid in Zhari District (Afghanistan), when a suicide bomber initiated an ambush in the compound the army team was entering.

During the twelve additional blasts that injured 30 Rangers and killed three, Moreno chose to not follow stand-by procedure in order to give essential medical assistance to a fellow soldier trapped nearby, which resulted in the triggering of another IED that led to her death at the age of 25.

[2] In March 2022 President Joe Biden signed a legislation which renamed the San Diego Veterans Affairs medical center in honor of Capt.