All front-line combat jobs in the infantry, special operations units and elsewhere are now open to women.
Renee MontagneI think I should be on the main stage. I don't think I'm an undercard candidate. I think the others should drop out.
Renee MontagneThe Marines already have started putting women through infantry training. They've done it for the past couple of years. And it's tough. Roughly one-third of women have made it through that infantry training. So you're not going to see a lot of women actually make it through this.
Renee MontagneThe Marines estimate that roughly a hundred or 200 women will be interested in going into these jobs - roughly 2 percent of those jobs. Still, this is historic. It's a biggest cultural change in the military maybe ever, probably bigger than integrating the force back in 1948 when African-Americans were no longer segregated in separate units.
Renee Montagne