{"id":56098,"date":"2019-05-03T19:38:04","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T19:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/03\/incoming-commandant-open-another-gender-integrated-boot-camp-class-in-2020\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:44:19","slug":"incoming-commandant-open-another-gender-integrated-boot-camp-class-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/05\/03\/incoming-commandant-open-another-gender-integrated-boot-camp-class-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming commandant open to another gender-integrated boot camp class in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lt. Gen. David Berger, the nominee to be the next top Marine, told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing that there may be another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/01\/04\/male-and-female-marine-platoons-to-integrate-at-recruit-training-for-the-first-time\/?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=Socialflow+MAR&amp;fbclid=IwAR0f2PN67LqjSuYf2pbWHhsboG6fp1S3l6aUD_A5KcDM227WQ4yQpVQTcmo\" target=\"_blank\">gender-integrated boot camp <\/a>class in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first ever gender-integrated Marine boot camp class graduated on March 29, aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/10\/25\/parris-island-first-sergeant-to-face-hearing-over-15-million-razor-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parris Island<\/a>, South Carolina recruit depot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Marine officials have been murky about a re-occurrence of the gender integration experiment while routinely expounding that the company\u2019s integration was solely done out of efficiency because few female Marines were slated for January\u2019s recruit training cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Berger told senators on Tuesday that India company\u2019s integration \u201cwent great\u201d and that he discussed with Gen. 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Neller, the commandant of the Marine Corps, that \u201cwe have to look at this perhaps for next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/03\/31\/marine-corps-move-to-integrate-boot-camp-more-ends-future-unclear\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5219248.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Move for more gender integration at Marine Corps boot camp ends; future unclear<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The decision to put the female unit with the others this winter was driven by logistics and money.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berger noted that Neller agreed, and that it\u2019s an issue the two would needed to further discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut the class that entered in January and graduated a few weeks ago did very well,\u201d Berger told senators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A platoon of roughly 50 female recruits joined five other Male platoons in January as the first ever gender-integrated Marine recruit training company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But little changed in terms of training, as Marines train by platoon. Despite the media fanfare of the perceived historic moment, actual gender-integration at the training level was limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe program of instruction that we use in the Marine Corps, we didn&#8217;t change. We just changed where they were billeted,\u201d Berger said during his confirmation hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Female recruits lived in the same building as their male peers but had their own squad bay and drill instructors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brig. Gen. James Glynn, commander of the Parris Island depot, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/03\/31\/marine-corps-move-to-integrate-boot-camp-more-ends-future-unclear\/\" target=_blank>Associated Press<\/a> that the male and female recruits of the integrated company saw each other a tad more when they lined up and marched to chow and when they formed up for the day\u2019s fitness routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Parris Island commander appeared skeptical that the experiment would ever take place again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe jury is still out on that,\u201d Glynn told AP. \u201cAs conditions permit in the future, we could pursue it.\u201d But, he also said, \u201cNo one looked at this and said we don\u2019t want to do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Berger explained to lawmakers Tuesday that like every company that goes through recruit training, the Corps analyzed metrics from the training cycle. For India company he said, nothing was really out of the norm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe statistics, Berger said, \u201cfor this company were the same as every other company. 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