Women in the Armed Services
U.S. Navy Hospitalman 2nd Class Charley Hubbard, left, stands at attention while being promoted to her current rank by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alisa Helin during a promotion ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship U.S.S. Bataan.
Sixteen percent of all active-duty U.S. military personnel are women. Women became eligible for ground combat positions in 2016. The first fully integrated boot camp for Marines happened just last year, February 2021.
Read more about the first female Marine Corps recruits at Military.com »
— Sponsored by the Chancellor's Commission on Women
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