Experimental combat unit to test integrating female Marines

• Published in: Daily news (Jacksonville, N.C.)
• Main Author: US Marine Corps
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jacksonville, NC Halifax Media Group 12.03.2014
• Subjects: Females; Military officers; Military personnel; Military training; Schools; Task forces; Volunteers; Women

Female volunteers accepted for the task force's combat-arms cohort must first report to military occupational specialty schools to learn the entry-level tasks for respective ground-combat-arms jobs. Since October 2013, 40 female Marine volunteers have completed infantry rifleman training at the...