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WhiteTara

(30,139 posts)
Wed Feb 10, 2021, 11:11 PM Feb 2021

In historic first, women begin boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego

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SAN DIEGO —

Recruits piled off buses Tuesday to the urgent shouts and barks of Marine Corps drill instructors.

They took their spots on the fabled yellow footprints to begin their transformation from civilians to Marines — something that has happened countless times in the San Diego boot camp’s almost 100 year history.

Only this time, for the first time, 60 women were among those scrambling recruits. Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego was no longer a men-only institution.

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Until now, all female recruits have attended boot camp at the Marines’ East Coast training base in Parris Island, S.C. It also has been home to the occasional integrated recruit company.

Staff Sgt. Ayesha Zantt, a Marine drill instructor, recently transferred to San Diego from Parris Island, where she has led recruits since 2017. Women training in San Diego is a big step for the Marines, she said.

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In historic first, women begin boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego (Original Post) WhiteTara Feb 2021 OP
Thank you so much for this very important information. niyad Feb 2021 #1
March 1972 stepped off the bus at MCRD. NoMoreRepugs Feb 2021 #2

NoMoreRepugs

(10,483 posts)
2. March 1972 stepped off the bus at MCRD.
Wed Feb 10, 2021, 11:19 PM
Feb 2021

Welcome ladies, you have just taken your first steps to find out what you are TRULY made of. Remember, in the USMC every day is a Holiday and every meal is a Feast.

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