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4 all-male platoons graduate boot camp at formerly all-female batallion
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U.S. Marines graduate recruit training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., on March 26. Photo by Samuel Fletcher/U.S. Marine Corps
April 15 (UPI) Four all-male platoons have graduated from boot camp at a historically all-female training battalion, according to the U.S. Marine Corps.
In a press release issued Wednesday, the Marine Corps said the March 26 graduation marked the first time male recruits have completed training at Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, at South Carolina s Parris Island.
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The men graduated alongside two all-female platoons.