Posted on Oct 12, 2018

Second Female Marine Graduates From Infantry Officers Course

CSM Charles Hayden

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At Camp Pendleton today, Oct 12, 2018 a Marine CWO-5 told me the actual number of women that had attempted the Marine Infantry Officer Basic Course is 236. The attached link says two women GRADUATED of the 40 who have started the course. I wonder, what number is more accurate? The CWO with his WO’s mafia network’s numbers? LTC (Join to see) GySgt John Olson LTC Stephen C. [~36327, LTC(R),

Second Female Marine Graduates From Infantry Officers Course

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COL Jon Thompson

Posted 6 y ago

With no evidence to support my thoughts, 236 seems high. In a FEB 17 fact sheet published by Service Women's Action Network, there were 30 qualified female Infantry/Armor officers and 32 more slated to begin that training. That was over a year and half ago and I could not find anything more recent. But I would have to assume there was a much smaller group of female Marine officers even going for it back then and cannot imagine it grew substantially. 40 seems more realistic but then again, this is all guesswork for me.

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Maj John Bell

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I've heard back door from a source that I do not entirely trust, that women in the Basic course who are considering IOC are being pre-screened while in TBS to ascertain if they have a shot of passing IOC. Then those who don't pass pre-screen aren't counted against the IOC women's graduation rate. If true, it is very Un-Marine to game the system.

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COL Jon Thompson

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I would think the graduation rate would only include those who started and completed. If they are screened out prior to attendance, that shouldn't count. But one of the issues that I have read is the small number of women interested in Infantry (both Army and Marine). So I think there are 3 metrics here: how many were interested, how many passed the pre-screen, and then how many completed the training.

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