Navy secretary to discuss women in combat at Camp Pendleton
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has squared off against Marine Corps leaders who resisted recruiting women for all combat jobs. On Tuesday, he takes his case to a broader audience at Camp Pendleton, California.
Marine Corps leaders had sought to keep certain infantry and combat jobs closed to women, citing studies showing combined-gender units are not as effective as male-only units. Defense Secretary Ash Carter overruled them in December, ordering all positions open to women.
Since then, the military services have put together plans outlining how they will integrate women.
Mabus will address about 300 leaders from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, his latest visit to a major base to discuss integration plans. He sided with the defense secretary against Marine Corps leaders.
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