Nearly 300 female Marines have moved into combat-arms jobs that were, up until less than five years ago, previously open only to men. But only one female officer has led a Marine infantry platoon so ...

A 24-year-old lieutenant made history when she became the first and only woman in the Marine Corps to lead an infantry platoon. Lt. Marina A. Hierl’s historic achievement came last September, when she ...

PHILADELPHIA (CNN/CBS)- First Lt. Marina Hierl is making Marine history... again. The 24 year old grew up in Bethlehem, PA, where she worked on a horse farm. Last year, Lt. Hierl became the first ...

FORT STEWART, GA. - Sometimes as a leader it is important to take the time to reflect on where one comes from and what one has done. 1st Lt. James Rafferty, an infantry officer with 3rd Battalion, ...

A Marine participates in an exercise during the Infantry Officer Course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 18, 2017. (Sgt. Gregory Boyd/Marine Corps) Only two ...

CAMP MARMAL, Afghanistan-1st Platoon of Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment joined both German and Afghan Soldiers in support of flood victims in northern Afghanistan. The platoon ...

First Lieutenant Marina Hierl has made history by becoming the first female infantry platoon leader in the Marine Corps. But if you ask her, as reported by the New York Times, she’d rather be known ...

The first woman to graduate from the Marine Corps' notoriously grueling Infantry Officer Course is now leading a platoon of male grunts in Australia. First Lt. Marina Hierl is the only female Marine ...

First Lieutenant Marina Hierl is breaking barriers in the United States Marines Corps, recently becoming the first and only woman to lead an infantry platoon. The 24-year-old Pennsylvania native now ...

First Lt. Marina Hierl is making Marine history… again. Last year, Lt. Hierl became the first woman to pass the Marine Corps Infantry Officer Course, a physically and mentally demanding 13-week ...