npr:

For the first time, a female Marine has completed the grueling Infantry Officer Course.

The 13-week course is considered one of the toughest in the U.S. military, and one-third of the class dropped out before graduation.

The Marines said in a press release that the lieutenant has “asked to keep her identity private.” The Marine Corps Times reported that 36 other women have attempted the feat before but did not make it through.

First Female Marine Completes Grueling Infantry Officer Course

Photo: Master Gunnery Sgt. Chad McMeen/Office of Marine Corps Communication

OORAH!

(My late grandfather was a Marine in Korea, and my eldest uncle served in Vietnam. Said uncle won’t shut up about how excited he is about this news, it’s really cute to see this damn near 70 year old man getting so excited)

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mayatalksfemedia:

hey tumblr

not enough people are talking about how a white american soldier stationed in the philippines drowned and murdered a filipina trans woman in a hotel room toilet this month and its goddamn important

her name is jennifer laude. she was…