The First Female Marines From MCRD San Diego | Pt. 1

On Feb. 9, 2021, dozens of female recruits stepped off buses and onto the iconic yellow footprints alongside hundreds of male recruits in front of the receiving barracks at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. In a historic first, the women of Platoon 3241, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, completed the Marines’ 13-week recruit training cycle as members of the first gender-integrated company to be trained at the West Coast installation, graduating in May. When Congress passed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, it included in the legislation a prohibition against gender-segregated recruit training at both of the Corps’ recruit depots. Until this year, the Marines sent all males west of the Mississippi River to San Diego, and all males east of the river to Parris Island. Congress has given the service until 2025 to fully integrate training at Parris Island, and until 2028 to do the same at MCRD San Diego. Read more here: https://coffeeordie.com/marine-gender... Want to keep up with all the latest stories on Coffee or Die? Go to www.coffeeordie.com. Make sure to follow Coffee or Die on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/coffeeordiemag Instagram: @coffeeordiemag Twitter: @coffeeordiemag Follow BRCC on social media: Instagram:   / blackriflec.  . facebook:   / blackrifleco.  . Twitter:   / blckriflecoffee