Secretary Carter Opens All Occupations and Positions to Women
4 Dec 2015
The Marine Corps has received the Secretary's decision and will immediately commence the process of further implementing the policy change, to include sharing plans and lessons learned with the other services. We are well-informed by our combat experience, including the outstanding performance of all Marines over the last 14 years of conflict, our objective approach and the data obtained from the past two years of studies. As we move forward with full integration, we will continue to maintain our standards, while leveraging every opportunity to optimize individual performance, talent, and skills in order to maximize the warfighting capabilities of our MAGTFs in an increasingly complex operating environment. We remain steadfast in our commitment to ensure that the men and women who earn the title "Marine" will be ready, and will provide America with an elite crisis-response force that is ready to fight and win.

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