I am not a fan of women in the infantry but hats off to this lady for making it through the course. IOC is a bitch, a grueling course that washes out 30-35% of Men that go through it. That course makes you want to quit, I know it was a struggle for me years ago. No doubt she earned it and is a beast physically. I liked the fact she didn't want to make this a publicity thing, she obviously understands how hard this is going to be when she gets to a battalion. I wish her the best of luck.
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The Commandant of the Marine Corps won’t publicly say her name.
“The event is historic and newsworthy. Not her name,” said Lt. Col. Eric Dent, the spokesman for the Commandant of the Marine Corps, after the first woman to graduate from its arduous Infantry Officer's Course requested anonymity last week. An audio recording published, and then deleted, by the Defense Department’s media distribution network four days before graduation revealed her name.
“She didn’t want to express anything," he said. "She was just happy to have graduated, and to take the next step to go lead Marines. It was that simple.”
The Corps had been preparing a congratulatory media campaign to highlight her accomplishment. The Infantry Officer Course in Quantico, Va. has a notoriously high dropout rate. Of the 131 Marines who started Infantry Officer Course in July 2017, 88 graduated this September.
When she asked to remain anonymous, the Corps agreed to honor her request. But four days before graduating, “a Marine made a mistake” and published the recording identifying her, according to Lt. Col. Christian Devine, a spokesman for the Corps' Headquarters.
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The Commandant of the Marine Corps won’t publicly say her name.
“The event is historic and newsworthy. Not her name,” said Lt. Col. Eric Dent, the spokesman for the Commandant of the Marine Corps, after the first woman to graduate from its arduous Infantry Officer's Course requested anonymity last week. An audio recording published, and then deleted, by the Defense Department’s media distribution network four days before graduation revealed her name.
“She didn’t want to express anything," he said. "She was just happy to have graduated, and to take the next step to go lead Marines. It was that simple.”
The Corps had been preparing a congratulatory media campaign to highlight her accomplishment. The Infantry Officer Course in Quantico, Va. has a notoriously high dropout rate. Of the 131 Marines who started Infantry Officer Course in July 2017, 88 graduated this September.
When she asked to remain anonymous, the Corps agreed to honor her request. But four days before graduating, “a Marine made a mistake” and published the recording identifying her, according to Lt. Col. Christian Devine, a spokesman for the Corps' Headquarters.
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