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Marine Corps' first female ground combat battalion commander reflects on her historic role

from Orange County Register

Marine Corps' first female ground combat battalion commander reflects on her historic role Orange County Register As a young combat engineer officer, Michelle Macander was part of the U.S. Marines’ push into Iraq in 2003. Then a first lieutenant with the Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 at Camp Pendleton, she oversaw a platoon building a base camp in Kuwait that then pushed into Iraq repairing runways and airfields so American planes could land safely. READ MORE

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