Behind the Cover: Female Marines in combat arms battalions
With an exception to a long-standing Pentagon policy, female Marines in the ranks of captain, gunnery sergeant and staff sergeant will be permitted to serve in combat arms units below the division...
View ArticleKaty Perry joins the Marine Corps?
Check out Katy Perry’s new “Part of Me” music video filmed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. She joins the Marine Corps in what amounts to one big, long, awesome recruiting ad. Its not quite a Marine in dress...
View ArticleCombat assignment debate for women growing in mainstream media
Ready or not, the debate about whether or not women should be able to serve in infantry units has moved firmly into the mainstream media spotlight. Capt. Katie Petronio appeared on CNN this morning,...
View ArticleFemale Marine Competes in 2012 CrossFit Competition
For some, CrossFit is just a hobby. For others, like Marine Staff Sgt. Christen Wagner, it’s a way of life. Wagner, a training chief attached to III MHG in Okinawa, Japan, recently traveled to...
View ArticleMarines discuss ‘MuscleFest’
Yesterday, I posted about ‘MuscleFest’, the sixth event of the 2012 Commanders Cup at Marine Barracks Washington 8th & I. The event was part of a series designed to introduce Marines to a variety...
View ArticleBonnie Amos shares tips for Marine Corps Birthday Ball
On Nov. 10 Marines will celebrate the 237th birthday of the Marine Corps. Cake cutting ceremonies and birthday balls will be held throughout the next few weeks as a way to honor the sacrifice and...
View ArticleBehind the Cover: New PFT requirements
This week’s Marine Corps Times takes a look at the new physical fitness requirements for female Marines and the impact the change is likely to have on the entire force, not just women. In a forcewide...
View Article5 questions about women in combat that must be answered
It’s now widely reported that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will announce today that he is lifting the Pentagon’s ban on women being assigned to combat units. A briefing will be held with the media...
View ArticleVideo: Sgt. Maj. Mike Barrett on women serving in combat units
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey announced yesterday that they were lifting the 1994 Combat Exclusion Policy that bans women from serving directly in...
View ArticleBehind the Cover: Marines prepare for women in combat units
Pentagon leaders announced last week that they were rescinding the 1994 Combat Exclusion Policy that kept women out of ground combat units, raising a host of questions about what will change for...
View ArticleCommandant, Marine Corps Times reach coverage agreement on Infantry Officer...
Commandant Gen. Jim Amos made headlines last week when he challenged me in a letter to the editor published in Marine Corps Times to attend the service’s difficult Infantry Officer Course as a...
View ArticleBonnie Amos, wife of the Marine Corps commandant, launches Facebook page
Bonnie Amos, the wife of Commandant Gen. Jim Amos, has taken her work to Facebook. The First Lady of the Marine Corps’ page was launched online recently, and pointed out by Sergeant Major of the Marine...
View ArticleTwo more female Marines fall short at latest Infantry Officer Course
QUANTICO, Va. — From the moment before dawn that we stepped out of our vehicles in the woods here, it was plainly obvious it would be a long, demanding day in the wilderness. Tuesday marked the...
View ArticleBehind the Cover: On the ground as female Marines take the Infantry Officer...
The latest iteration of the Marine Corps’ Infantry Officer Course began last week, putting dozens of prospective infantry officers through the beginning of 13 weeks of hell. Those who survive will...
View Article2nd Tanks Battalion has its first female field-grade officer
Navy Lt. Shannon Stout made history for 2nd Tank Battalion this month when she pinned on the rank of lieutenant commander, making her the unit’s first field grade officer, according to Marine Corps...
View ArticleHISTORIC PHOTO: The first female Marines ever to complete infantry training
These are the first four women in Marine Corps history to complete infantry training. This image, which appeared Nov. 9 on the social networking site Instagram, was first published earlier Tuesday by...
View ArticleOne simple graphic shows the backbone of the Marine Corps’ new infantrywoman...
What happens when you take a bunch of women, and a bunch of men, give them military training, weapons, and ammunition, and then make them live together for a year? Forget polite, things quickly get...
View ArticleFive reasons to consider the argument this female Marine officer makes about...
The Marine Corps has been sending female volunteers to its Infantry Officer Training at Quantico, Va. since late 2012. But while female Marines hump gear, navigate land, and climb ropes alongside their...
View ArticleCommandant wishes female Marine vet a happy 100th birthday
Mary Cochrane enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1944 to “free a man to fight” in World War II by serving as a truck driver. On April 18 she celebrated her 100th birthday–made sweeter with a cake brought...
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