U.S. Female Marines Join Infantry Training

First Female Marines Attend Infantry Training -- DoD Live

The first female Marines to ever attend infantry training with the Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-East on Marine Corps Base Camp Geiger, N.C., completed the first week of training Sept. 28.

Fifteen female Marines began the training following graduation from boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., as part of ongoing research on the incorporation of women into combat-related jobs.

The research is a result of the lifting of the 1994 Direct Ground Combat Assignment Restriction earlier this year, which required all services to implement a plan to completely integrate women into combat positions by 2016.

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My Comment: I wish these Marines .... male and female .... the best of luck.