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The Marine Corps has been investing time, money and resources into modernizing the force to meet objectives outlined in the Commandant’s Planning Guidance, Force Design 2030 and the National Defense Strategy.
Brig. Gen. A.J. Pasagian, commander of Marine Corps Systems Command, has stated that no investment is more important than those in support of the infantry Marine.
“The Marine Corps in 2030 does not exist without the individual Marine, what they re wearing and what they re carrying,” said Pasagian. “Enhancing our infantry Marines by providing them with the best capabilities available remains an integral, ongoing priority for the Marine Corps.”
Marine mothers are now exempt from fitness tests, weight standards for 1 year after giving birth February 8 Marines and their spouses attend the quarterly Headquarters and Support Battalion baby shower on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 21, 2018. (Lance Cpl. Megan Roses/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps will extend the postpartum moratorium on physical fitness from nine months to 12 months, according to an administrative message released from the Marine Corps on Monday. Historically Marines have been given nine months from the time they gave birth to get within Marine Corps standards and start passing the physical fitness test and combat fitness test.
Women will attend boot camp at San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot for first time in history December 15, 2020 A drill instructor with Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, Platoon 4042, instructs her platoon on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Sept. 6, 2019. (Lance Cpl. Shane T. Manson/Marine Corps) For the first time in Marine Corps history, women will be trained at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. The Corps’ West Coast recruit depot traditionally has trained enlisted men born west of the Mississippi River, but all women who enlist in the Corps have been shipped to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.