First Women Marine Recruits Arrive In San Diego For Basic Training

First Women Marine Recruits Arrive In San Diego For Basic Training Making history, the first 60 women will go through boot camp in san diego for the first time at mcrd, part of a congressionally mandated change. The recruits arrived after dark, in weather unusually cold and windy for san diego. the 60 women are the first female marine recruits to train on the west coast. they arrived with 450 male.

In Historic First Women Begin Boot Camp At Marine Corps Recruit Depot Female marine recruits started basic training for the first time in the 100 year history of boot camp in san diego. the corps is under a congressional mandate to end segregated recruit training. It is a historic moment and now san diego is testing how it should be done. 60 women are now the first female marine recruits to do basic training on the west coast. they arrived monday night with. For the first time since its opening in 1921, marine corps recruit depot san diego has begun training male and female recruits together in an integrated unit. sixty female recruits arrived at the. A group of 60 women have become the first female recruits to go through marine boot camp alongside men at a 100 year old training area in san diego. ie 11 is not supported. for an optimal.