Saturday, August 20, 2011

A First For The U.S. Marines At Parris Island

Brig. General. Loretta E. Reynolds, 46, is the first female Marine commander of the Corps' iconic training ground for recruits at Parris Island, S.C. She took command in June. (John Wollwerth/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST)

Marine Brig. Gen. L.E. Reynolds Is Parris Island’s First Female Commander -- Washington Post

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — There’s a new commander on this sandy, swampy spit of land that has transformed rawboned recruits into macho Marines for nearly a century. Brig. Gen. L.E. Reynolds, a 6-foot-tall Baltimore native and a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, is the latest in a long line of no-nonsense leaders to take charge here.

But she’s the first woman.

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My Comment:
Expect even more changes in the U.S. Marine Corp.

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