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Archive Home > 2012 > April > 25 > Marines moving women closer to the front lines

Marines moving women closer to the front lines

By James Dao / The Bulletin
April 25, 2012

The Marine Corps is taking its first steps toward integrating women into war-fighting units, starting with its infantry officer school at Quantico, Va., and ground combat battalions that had once been closed to women.

The moves, announced by Gen. James Amos, the Marine Corps commandant, in a....

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