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First Female Marine Infantry Officer


George Hayduke
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A female Marine lieutenant quietly crossed one of the last remaining hurdles for women in the service Monday, celebrating graduation of the famously difficult infantry officer course in a private ceremony reserved for family members.

 

The officer, who asked not to be identified, is the first woman in the Marine Corps to earn the 0302 infantry officer military occupational specialty. She will soon be sent to her new unit, which is within 1st Marine Division, out of Camp Pendleton, California, officials with Marine Corps Training and Education Command said Monday morning.

 

"I am proud of this officer and those in her class‎ who have earned the infantry officer MOS," Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller said in a statement.

 

Some 32 female officers have previously attempted the 13-week infantry officer course at Quantico, Virginia since the course first opened to women on an experimental basis in 2012. The vast majority of applicants did not make it past the grueling combat endurance test that kicks off the course. The test runs more than 14 hours and is designed to test Marine officers mentally as well as physically, forcing them to hike many miles with 80-pound packs and complete an obstacle course in which they must climb a 20-foot rope multiple times.

 

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/09/25/its-official-marines-have-their-first-female-infantry-officer.html?ESRC=dod_170928.nl

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