PROFILE
FROM Kate Germano
Combat vet on bias against women in the Marines Kate Germano led the military’s only all-female recruit battalion. Under her watch, the women shot better, ran faster, and had fewer injuries. But then she was fired in 2015. She said it had to do with her taking a stand, and confronting gender bias and lowered expectations for women. Kate Germano is a former Marine Corps officer. Photo courtesy of the Marine Corps Times.
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