US marines make 24-year-old the first woman ever to lead an infantry platoon
First Lt Hierl’s promotion comes just a year after she became one of only two women to pass through the force’s famously tough 13 week infantry officer course: Alamy/ A 24-year-old has become the first ever woman to lead an infantry platoon in the First Lieutenant Marina Hierl has 35 male soldiers under her command in the Third Platoon of 4th Echo Company. Her promotion to the position comes just a year after she became one of only two women to ever pass through the force’s famously tough 13 week infantry officer course. Some 37 women have ...
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