Lance Cpl. Viviana R. Martinez, a Yuba City, California, native, works at her desk July 3 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Martinez was recently selected to participate in the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, a battalion comprised of 500 Marines, a fourth of them being females, for a yearlong volunteer program designed to evaluate female Marines under combat arms predeployment conditions. The program will assess how women integrate into combat arms military occupational specialties. Martinez is slated to report to the School of Infantry-East to begin training July 22 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Martinez is a supply administration and operations specialist with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diamond N. Peden/Released)
Date Taken: | 07.03.2014 |
Date Posted: | 07.13.2014 21:53 |
Photo ID: | 1446201 |
VIRIN: | 140706-M-PJ295-051 |
Resolution: | 5342x3310 |
Size: | 10.48 MB |
Location: | CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JP |
Hometown: | YUBA CITY, CALIFORNIA, US |
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