MarSOC's first female engagement team will spend about nine months with 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, which is scheduled to take command of a task force later this year that will oversee U.S. spec ops forces in northern and western Afghanistan. Sgt. Jennifer L. Jones / Marine Corps
Marines Ordered To Make More Room For Women On The Front Lines -- L.A. Times
The Marine Corps, whose recruiting slogan long rested on the phrase “a few good men,” is moving to open more front-line billets, or jobs, for women.
Commandant Gen. James Amos this week ordered that certain jobs previously meant for men now be opened to women as well. In some cases, the change is meant as a test to help Amos make recommendations about a possible permanent shift.
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My Comment: The Marine Corps will still be the Corps .... even with women on the front lines.
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