First Female Marine To Head A Combat Brigade Completes Assignment This Week
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Lt. Col Michelle Macander will move on Thursday after leading the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion at Camp Pendleton for two years.
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The Devil's Brigade - Legion Magazine
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Marine Corps' first female ground combat battalion commander reflects on her historic role – Orange County Register
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Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Phase 1 Initial Military Training - Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute
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Marine Corps' first female ground combat battalion commander reflects on her historic role – Orange County Register
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DVIDS - News - Facing multiple setbacks, Army Guard officer conquers Ranger School
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History of Marine Corps Women
Michael Jenkins posted on LinkedIn
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First Female Marine Completes Grueling Infantry Officer Course : The Two-Way : NPR
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History of Marine Corps Women
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Marine pioneering effort to move women into combat
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Sharon Nesmith, the Army's most senior woman, goes to war on misogyny
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10 Veteran Actors Who Actually Saw Combat
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Hannah marches into history as the first woman to commission into the Guards Division
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First Female Marines Take Combat Leadership Test
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