U.S. Marines in the Infantry Officer Course conduct fast-rope training near Yuma, Ariz., on March 26, 2015. Jodson B. Graves/ Marine Corps)In a historic first, the Marine Corps plans to assign a female officer to the infantry following her anticipated graduation from its grueling training program, service officials said Thursday. The new infantry officer will join a part of the military long seen as being critical of serving alongside women. Marine Corps officials say those sentiments have waned since then, but it’s unclear how much — especially in light of the photo-sharing scandal that emerged this year. Kristen Griest was assigned last year as her service’s first infantry officer.

Source: Washington Post September 21, 2017 16:15 UTC