In US, for the first time, the Marine Corps has put three enlisted female Marines in a ground combat unit once open only to men. 1st Lt John McCombs, spokesman for the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejuene said, they will serve as a rifleman, machine gunner and mortar Marine.
McCombs said, the three women will serve in the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. The identities of the women are not being released at this time to allow them to get acclimated to their unit. The unit already has three females in leadership roles and they will be able to help with the transition.
Their entry in the unit marks ongoing efforts to comply with Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s directive in December 2015 to open all military jobs to women, including the most dangerous commando posts. The Army, Navy, Air Force and Special Operations Command all said they would not seek any exceptions and would recommend removing the ban on women in dangerous combat jobs.