With body armor, Kevlar, a rifle and a huge pack on my 5’3’’ frame, I must have looked like a child next to the buff guys assembling for Day 1 of the Marine Corps’ Infantry Officer Course.

Marines participate in an exercise during the Infantry Officer Course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, in September 2017, days before the first woman ...

But at least one female Marine officer, a college hockey player and battle-tested engineering unit commander still on active duty, says placing women in infantry units is just a bad idea.

Marine 1st Lt. Marina Hierl made national headlines in 2017 when she became the first woman to graduate the Marine Corps' Infantry Officer Course in Quantico, Virginia, earning the 0302 Infantry ...

Marine infantry veteran Michael Collazo ... quickly to stop an active school shooter last year. Collazo and Police Officer Rex Engelbert both received the Police Officers of the Year award ...

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I just felt like I needed a change in my environment.” He intends to pursue a commission as a Marine Corps infantry officer, the statement said. If he did end up retiring at an enlisted rank ...

A point of particular controversy came in November 2022, when LaRose accepted a position as a Marine Corps infantry officer at defense contractor ManTech, and showed up on base in his contractor role.