US Marines get first female infantry officer

US Marines get first female infantry officer

The lieutenant, who needs to keep her character private, graduated in Quantico, Virginia, on Monday. 

She will soon be allocated to lead a 40-in number unit. 

Marine Corps commandant Gen. Robert Neller tweeted a photo of the lady, saying he was "pleased with this officer and her kindred pioneers". 

There are right around 1.4 million dynamic obligation troops in the US military, and around 15% are female. 

In March 2016, at that point President Barack Obama opened every single military position to ladies, including battle unitsThe 13-week officer instructional class began in July with 131 Marines, and 88 eventually graduated. 

The Corps says it instructs would-be officers in "the administration, infantry aptitudes, and character required to fill in as infantry unit administrators". 

Generally around a fourth of all candidates come up short, 10% of them on the main day. 

The Corps has driven harder to speak to female enlists this year, after a bare photograph embarrassment saw a few Marines share stripped photos of female associates on Facebook. 

In May it forcefully safeguarded an enlistment advert - the principal drove by a lady - after faultfinders said it pandered to political accuracy. 

In a supposition piece for the New York Times, previous Marine skipper Teresa Fazio said the female officer would be a noteworthy resource in Afghanistan. 

"Female troops are precious to search houses and speaking with neighborhood ladies, accessing spaces and data that, in view of nearby custom, male troops can't get," she wroteThe Marine Corps tweeted a video demonstrating the female officer occupied with practices in the mountains close by her male partners. 

She will now be sent to the first Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, for her first task.

 The Marine Corps tweeted a video showing the female officer engaged in exercises in the mountains alongside her male counterparts.She will now be sent to the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, for her first assignment.