For The First Time In History, U.S. Marine Corps Integrates Male And Female Platoons During Boot Camp

U.S. Marines Corps

NBC: In a first, women Marines will be training alongside men at a boot camp

An advocate for military women wasn't impressed, saying the Marines are decades behind other armed services in training men and women together.

For the first time in U.S. Marine Corps history, women will be training alongside men during boot camp.

A platoon of about 50 female recruits began training Friday at a boot camp with five male platoons in what is traditionally an all-male battalion at the corps' facility at Parris Island, South Carolina, according to a statement.

The integration of women and men at boot camp is "a first in the history of Marine Corps recruit training," the corps said.

The decision was made in the name of training efficiency, according to the corps, and is not a shift in training philosophy going forward. Recruits will be trained by instructors of their gender, according to the corps. About 300 total recruits will participate in the historic session.

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