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Women Break Gender Barrier in Marine Infantry Training
By Terry Atlas - Nov 21, 2013 11:47 AM ET

Women in the U.S. Marine Corps for the first time graduated alongside their male counterparts today after successfully completing the grueling infantry training course at Camp Geiger, North Carolina.

Of 15 women who started in September after boot camp, three made it through the 59-day infantry training program that required meeting the same combat skills and physical requirements as the men -- including a five-hour, 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) march carrying about 90 pounds of gear. Of the 266 men who started, 221 are graduating today, according to Captain Geraldine Carey, a Marine Corps spokeswoman.

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To my knowledge no female Marine has yet completed the Infantry Officers Course

More power to them for completing the course with no special physical considerations!

Having run a humbling CFT yesterday at age 45 my hat is off to them.

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To my knowledge no female Marine has yet completed the Infantry Officers Course

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Nope.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/article/20131004/NEWS/310040025/
The girl who made it past the CET was an amazing athlete, but got dropped for stress fractures. I'm pretty sure she made it longer than a week though, despite what the article mentioned.
Good for the girls who completed SOI. I would love to hear from someone at SOI on how they really faired and how their presence was received.

Thing is, I don't remember SOI being that hard. I managed to truck through most of it even with double pneumonia. Compared to the FMF, SOI was gravy.

SOI was the most fun I ever had in the Marine Corps...good times.

What is SOI's normal attrition rate?

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a five-hour, 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) march carrying about 90 pounds of gear.

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Lol. Pogues in the Army do this.