Marines Weigh Closing Parris Island and San Diego to Open New Coed Boot Camp

 via Military.com

If the Marine Corps were to move boot camp away from its fabled training bases, Kate Germano, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel who led Parris Island's female 4th Recruit Training Battalion, said leaders must explain their reasoning in full. Otherwise, she said she worries male Marines would blame women for the loss of tradition.

"There would be so much animus there, as if there isn't already enough," Germano said.

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You called it female.  No further comment from me on this story.