Posted on 08/09/2018 10:55:32 AM PDT by BBell
First Lt. Marina Hierl has reportedly made history by becoming the first woman in the Marine Corps to lead an infantry platoon.
The 24-year-old is one of four platoon commanders in Echo Company, a group of 175 Marines and Navy sailors who were recently sent to northern Australia, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Hierl is one of two women to the 13-week Marines Corps Infantry Officer Course, according to the Times.
“I wanted to do something important with my life,” she told the newspaper. “I wanted to be part of a group of people that would be willing to die for each other.”
She is now leading a platoon of roughly 35 men for six months of training exercises in the Pacific, the Times reported.
Capt. Neal Jones, commanding officer of Echo Company, reportedly asked for Hierl to be assigned to his unit.
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I’m sure she’s a combat veteran with lots of practical experience, either that, or she just doesn’t have a dick.
In this day and age she’s probably done some tours. I don’t know if she’s a mustang or not.
Deborah, in the Old Testament, was a formidable military leader. So maybe culture hasn’t changed so much; maybe it’s come full circle.
Nope, rumsfeld has that honor
Yeah apparently only Israeli and Russian women can be decent Infantry soldiers. Or police officers, a common sight for the past 20 years.
The idiotic opinions expressed herein are just proof that high school graduates who work at the manure plant need to be seen and not heard.
I agree - apparently there are a lot of male Israeli soldiers
that find their female Israeli counterparts very able to
pull their weight just as well as them.
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