The First Female Marines From MCRD San Diego | Pt. 2

This is part two of Coffee or Die’s coverage of Platoon 3241, Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion — the women who made history in the first gender-integrated company to be trained at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.

In this installment, the recruits meet their drill instructors and experience the shock of “Black Friday” before we follow them through some early phases of the 13-week boot camp training cycle that all leathernecks must complete to earn the title Marine.

When Congress passed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, the law included a prohibition against gender-segregated recruit training at both of the Corps’ recruit depots. Until this year, the Marines sent all women to Parris Island for boot camp. All males east of the Mississippi River go to PI, and all males west of the river go to San Diego. Congress has given the service until 2025 to fully integrate training at Parris Island, and until 2028 to do the same at MCRD San Diego.

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