{"id":18428,"date":"2018-06-26T14:17:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T14:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/26\/second-woman-graduates-from-infantry-officer-course\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:39:51","slug":"second-woman-graduates-from-infantry-officer-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/06\/26\/second-woman-graduates-from-infantry-officer-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Second woman graduates from Infantry Officer Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 23 another female Marine graduated from the Corps\u2019 13-week<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/03\/09\/three-more-women-to-attempt-the-grueling-infantry-officer-course\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\"> Infantry Officer Course<\/a>, or IOC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is the second woman in Marine Corps history to successfully navigate the physically challenging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/02\/21\/infantry-officer-course-lowers-requirement-for-hikes\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">infantry school<\/a> for officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last female Marine to pass the course was in September, and she is currently serving as the only woman platoon commander in the Marine Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent female IOC graduate earned the 0302 infantry officer occupational field but she\u2019s gunning to become an 0203 ground intelligence officer, according to Marine spokesman Capt. Joshua Pena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is slated to attend follow-on intelligence school, and with successful completion of the training she would be the only female ground intelligence officer in the Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ground intelligence officers can serve as recon and sniper platoon commanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"574\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m6201410304060022arjpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m6201410304060022arjpg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m6201410304060022arjpg.jpg?resize=300,215 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/m6201410304060022arjpg.jpg?resize=768,551 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">9\/28\/12 11:06:15 AM &#8212;  Quantico, VA, U.S.A &#8212; Female Marines taking combat endurance test, the first event in the Infantry Officers Course. &#8212;  A woman Marine goes through an obstacle course, one of the tasks of the combat endurance test.\r\r\rPhoto by H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three women total entered IOC class 3-18 in April, but only one graduated. Nearly 30 Marines were attrited since the start of the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only 38 women thus far have attempted to become infantry officers, and only eight of those women have attended IOC since infantry billets were open to women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps hit another historic gender-integration milestone June 22 as the first woman to command a Marine ground combat arms unit took charge of her unit following a change of command ceremony held aboard Camp Pendleton, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Col. Michelle I. 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