{"id":34880,"date":"2019-06-12T21:19:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T21:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/12\/will-congress-force-gender-integration-at-marine-corps-boot-camp\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:47:21","slug":"will-congress-force-gender-integration-at-marine-corps-boot-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/06\/12\/will-congress-force-gender-integration-at-marine-corps-boot-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Congress force gender integration at Marine Corps boot camp?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A House panel would require Marine Corps officials to integrate women into recruit training<\/a> at Parris Island, South Carolina, within five years and at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego within eight years under draft legislation advanced Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advocates said the plan, which passed the House Armed Services Committee<\/a> along party lines, is needed because of the slow pace of Marine Corps officials in bringing women recruits in step with their male colleagues. The service is the only branch that has not fully combined training for male and female recruits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFully integrating women is not only the right thing to do, it makes our military stronger,\u201d said Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., and head of the committee\u2019s personnel panel, in introducing the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGender-integrated units have strengths that all-male units lack. Women\u2019s diverse perspectives help units develop innovative approaches to challenges, increase units\u2019 mutual respect and focus, and make them more lethal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t