Posts Tagged ‘female Marines’
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Corps’ Top Leaders Address Lifting of Combat Exclusion Policy
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta officially announced the end of the 1994 Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule excluding women from assignment to units and positions whose primary mission is to engage in direct [Read more...]
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2012 Year in Photos (July)
Ashes Over Yuma Uniting a Nation Missile Command Stairway to Heaven STOP! … Hammer Time Reflections in the Fuel U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A! JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | [Read more...]
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So Long Flexed Arm Hang
Effective Jan. 1, 2014, pull-ups will replace the flexed arm hang for female Marines during the physical fitness test. An All Marine Corps Activities was released Nov. 27, stating that the Marine Corps will phase [Read more...]
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First Group of Women to Attend Infantry Training
The Marine Corps plans to send the first group of female Marines through the previously male-only Infantry Officers Course at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., this year. The change is part of a research initiative to [Read more...]
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Women get one step closer to combat
For the last several years, in the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, women have fought and died in combat zones. Although not serving in infantry units, female medics, military police officers and intelligence officers [Read more...]
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Women in Combat – Will it happen?
On June 12, 1948, President Harry Truman signed into law the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act. The Act gave women permanent status in the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marines. The services became an [Read more...]