Looking for a few good women

Looking for a few good women

 

And few was all the Corps got.

“Female Marine officers are unlikely to join the infantry anytime soon, in part because of a lack of volunteers for the Marine Corps' Infantry Officer Course, which was opened to women in September.

“Only two of about 80 eligible female Marines have volunteered for the course -- a grueling, three-month advanced regimen conducted at Quantico, Va., that was opened to women to research their performance.

“Of the two female volunteers, one washed out on the first day, along with 26 of the107 men, and the other dropped out two weeks later for medical reasons, a Marine Corps spokesman said.

“The research effort was launched after the Pentagon opened to women more than 14,000 jobs that could place them closer to front lines and combat.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/25/few-female-marines-step-forward-for-infantry/print/#ixzz2DK8Arpyx

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