In a historic first, three women graduated from US Marine infantry - TopicsExpress



          

In a historic first, three women graduated from US Marine infantry training school Thursday, having passed 59 days of, indeed, really hard tests, including a 12.5-mile march through the woods of North Carolina, lugging 85-pound packs. But these newly minted US Marines, who were held to the same standards of physical and combat readiness as 221 male counterparts, will not be assigned to infantry units, despite the Pentagons announcement this year that it would lift the ban on women in combat...Marine Corps leaders told the Post they need two more years to observe womens attempts to pass infantry training courses, to evaluate the feasibility of placing them in combat positions. Marine friends….your take? Jamie Hickman, Mike Hasty….how is it that these women pass the same tests as over 200 men and still have to wait 2 years to participate?
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:45:15 +0000

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