US MARINE CORPS / AP PHOTO
This image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps shows then Col. Loretta Reynolds, taken March 10, 2011. For the first time in its 96-year history, a female general is taking charge at the famed Marine Corps training depot at South Carolina's Parris Island. Brig. Gen. Loretta Reynolds, who is also known as the first female Marine to ever hold a command position in a battle zone, takes charge Friday at the installation south of Beaufort. She was promoted to Brig. General in January 2011.
By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER
Associated Press
Published: Friday, Jun. 17, 2011 - 1:36 am
Last Modified: Friday, Jun. 17, 2011 - 4:27 am
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- For the first time in its 96-year history, a female general is taking charge at the famed Marine Corps training depot at South Carolina's Parris Island.
Brig. Gen. Loretta Reynolds, who is also known as the first female Marine to ever hold a command position in a battle zone, takes charge Friday at the installation south of Beaufort.
Parris Island graduates about 20,000 Marines annually and is the only site where female enlisted Marines are trained to enter the service.
Reynolds is a native of Baltimore and a 1986 graduate of the Naval Academy. She has worn the Marine Corps uniform for 25 years.
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