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Female drill instructors shatter barriers as Marines face grueling unified training

For the first time, female drill instructors are leading recruits through the same unforgiving Marine Corps boot camp once ...
KCRW

First Women Marines Graduate from Infantry Training

The Marines' infantry program requires candidates to spend long days and nights in primitive conditions and to complete a grueling 20 kilometer hike with 85 pounds of gear. For the first time today, ...
WESA

They Survived Training, Now Female Marines Await Word On Ground Combat

Lance Cpl. Paula Pineda relaxes at a picnic table not far from her barracks in Camp LeJeune, N.C. She's in a crisp uniform and has a ready smile. It's one of the few breaks she's had in months — and ...
Seattle Times

Marines eye plan to put women in West Coast combat training

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps for the first time is eyeing a plan to let women attend what has been male-only combat training in Southern California, as officials work to quash recurring ...
MLive

War heroes, photos of women Marines among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge

WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the ...