In a historic first, the Marine Corps plans to assign a female officer to the infantry following her anticipated graduation from its grueling training program, service officials said Thursday. The ...

A female US Marine on Monday became the first woman to complete the Corps notoriously rigorous training course for infantry officers. Many women serve in the Marines and other branches of America's ...

The 13-week program is considered one of the toughest in the U.S. military, and one-third of the class dropped out before graduation. The... For the first time, a female Marine has completed the ...

For the first time in its nearly 250-year history, the Marine Corps has a female infantry officer. The woman, who wishes to keep her identity private, graduated from the Marines' infantry officer ...

CAMP GEIGER, N.C. (AP) – Three Marines have become the first women to graduate from the Corps’ tough-as-nails enlisted infantry training school in North Carolina, officials said Thursday. The three ...

The female volunteers are part of a study by the Marines to see if women can become ground combat leaders. No other female Marines have signed up... The second of two female Marines who tried to make ...