First three female Marines graduate Infantry training course [Image 6 of 13]

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

11.21.2013

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Rodriguez 

Marine Corps Installations East       

Pfc. Cristina Fuentes Montenegro, 25, one of the first three female Marine graduates from the School of Infantry-East's Infantry Training Battalion course, and native of Coral Springs, Fla., left, and Pfc. Julia Carroll, 18, one of the first three female Marine graduates from the School of Infantry-East's Infantry Training Battalion course, and native of Idaho Falls, Idaho, salute during the graduation of Delta Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-East at Camp Geiger, N.C. Nov. 21. The graduation of 227 students marked the first class of Marines to include females. The class was part of the Marine Corps' research effort toward integrating women into ground-combat military occupational specialties. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin A. Rodriguez/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.21.2013
• Date Posted: 11.21.2013 15:19
• Photo ID: 1057778
• VIRIN: 131121-M-JR212-195
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 23.9 MB
• Location: MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, US
• Hometown: CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA, US
• Hometown: IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, US