Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Gender bias in the Marine Corps
Former Marines officer Kate Germano led the military’s only all-female recruit battalion. In one year, she turned a demoralized and underperforming group of women into qualified Marines. Then she got fired.
By Madeleine Brand • • 49m ListenPhoto of Kate Germano is a former Marine Corps officer courtesy of the Marine Corps Times.
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