1985 - Major Mitzi Manning was the first female commanding officer of H&HS MCAS Camp Pendleton. Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, List of United States Marine Corps astronauts, List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals, List of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Commanders, "Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington – C.O. 1973 - Colonel Mary E Bane, the first female to become Commanding Officer of Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton. George C. Scott joined the US Marines, serving from 1945–49. She completed four years of service with the Marines this month. She later retired, married, and had a family, telling her stories to her nieces and nephews as they grew older. PFC Christina Fuentes Montenegro,  PFC Julia Carroll and PFC Katie Gorz. By giving us your email, you are opting in to the Marine Corps Times Daily News Roundup. // ]]> 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 600 1982 - First female rifle platoon led by Lt Marie Juliano. 2005 - Cpl Ramona M. Valdez and Lance Cpl Holly A. Charette first women Marines killed in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near their convoy vehicle in Fallujah, Iraq. Later,  SSgt Josephine Gebers became the first woman Marine awarded the Combat Action Ribbon. Competed 1991 and 1995 Pan American games. ... Top 10 handguns in the U.S. ... See the women who have won the annual honor from Esquire magazine. The Marine Corps points out the fact that physical examinations are very thorough and that the crew on the Constitution had little privacy at all. When she retired in 1945, she was a Lieutenant Colonel and the Women’s Reserve had over 15,000 women enlisted and over 800 officers. 1950 - The evening dress uniform for Marine Corps women officers was introduced for the first time by Colonel Katherine A. Towle at the Marine Corps birthday ball at the Sail Loft, Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D. C. The uniform was patterned after the full dress uniform of Marine officers. Both subsequently reported for duty at Headquarters Marine Corps. 1961 - The first woman Marine is promoted to Sergeant Major (E-9) — Bertha Peters Billeb, 1964 - 2 Jan: Lieutenant Colonel Barbara J. Bishop  succeeds Colonel Margaret M. Henderson as Director of Woman Marines. Like with everything else, however, there had to be a first and that first was Annie E. Graham. 1978 -  LtCol Jane Wallis is the first female G1 at FMFPAC at Camp Smith Hawaii. 1973 - SgtMajor Bertha Billup was the first woman Marine to retire with 30 continuous years. 2012 - Master Gunnery Sgt. 2020 - 18 Aug  Capt. When the female Marines first visited Quantico, one male Marine commented, “This is a fallen outfit when they start enlisting skirts," according to Hewitt’s book. Mar 7, 2019 - Men who belonged to the finest .