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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.- Lance Cpl. Autumn Taniguchi, an infantry Marine with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, became the first female Marine to successfully graduate Urban Leaders Course on May 3, 2019.
"This course is not easy. I didn't expect it to be easy but it also helps to show me that I can do more than I thought I could,” said Taniguchi. “The classes are very pertinent and the instructors are very knowledgeable and how they bring the information across the students."
1st Marine Division Schools conducted the Urban Leaders Course for Marines in the infantry occupational field from around the 1st Marine Division from April. 22 to May. 2, 2019.
During the three-week course, students are taught to make decisions, respond to challenges, and lead the fight in an urban environment by going through realistic scenarios and live-fire ranges.
"The course's purpose is 49 percent teaching the Marines urban warfighting and what they can face and how they should act,” said Staff Sgt. Ken Rick, chief instructor of Urban Leaders Course. “The other 51 percent we teach them focuses on how to be creative thinkers. You're not going to be given every single tool on how to accomplish the mission, [but] because you're a Marine, you're going to get it done regardless."
As the 911 force in readiness, the Marine Corps ensures that mission accomplishment, battlefield effectiveness and lethality remain paramount. The standard for the infantry Marine remains unchanged and every Marine who undergoes the training is expected to execute the mission regardless of gender.
“The benefit for the females, is another thing that they can say they can accomplish. Not necessarily begging for acceptance but proving to the males that they can do this.” said Rick.
Lance Cpl. Taniguchi wasn’t aware that infantry was open for females when she was going through the enlistment process but once she found out, she knew it was something that she wanted to do.
“It wasn’t anything special,” said Taniguchi. “I wasn’t looking to pave the way for other females or anything like that. I just wanted to be in the infantry.”
| Date Taken: | 05.07.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 05.23.2019 12:57 |
| Story ID: | 321103 |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
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