{"id":43988,"date":"2017-09-22T07:42:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T07:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=43988"},"modified":"2017-09-22T07:42:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T07:42:46","slug":"first-time-woman-set-become-marine-corps-infantry-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/first-time-woman-set-become-marine-corps-infantry-officer.html","title":{"rendered":"For the first time, a woman is set to become a Marine Corps infantry officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">For the first time, a woman is set to become a Marine Corps infantry officer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">For the first time, a woman is set to become a Marine Corps infantry officer:- For the first time, a woman is set to become a Marine Corps infantry officer, a milestone in the Corps&#8217; 242-year history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The woman, whose name has not been released, is scheduled to graduate from the physically demanding infantry officer course Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">She will be the first women to complete the 13-week course. Since it was opened to females in 2012, 36 women have enrolled in the course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;The female officer within Infantry Officer Course has completed all graduation requirements and is scheduled to graduate with her peers on Sept. 25, 2017,&#8221; the Marine Corps said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The course poses big challenges for men as well. About 25% of males do not complete the course and end up in other positions in the Marine Corps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Students in the course hike long distances with heavy combat loads and negotiate grueling obstacle courses, all conducted under stressful conditions meant to resemble infantry combat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Women have engaged in combat extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan. But until recently they were barred from combat arms jobs, such as infantry, tanks and artillery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Pentagon in 2013 ordered that all jobs be open to women, including combat arms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Enlisted women have already entered Marine Corps and Army infantry units and other fields that had been previously closed to females.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In many ways, the infantry officer course at Quantico, Va., was one of the last hurdles. The Marine Corps is an infantry-centered service. 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