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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nAccording to the Washington Free Beacon<\/a>, two more female Marine officers failed to make it through the first day of training in the service’s Infantry Officer Course.<\/p>\n With the two most recent drops, there have been 29 attempts by female officers to pass the course since women have been allowed to volunteer, with none making it to graduation. (At least one woman has attempted the course more than once.) Only three female officers have made it beyond the initial day of training, a grueling evaluation known as the Combat Endurance Test, or CET. Male officers also regularly fail to pass the CET, and the overall course has a substantial attrition rate for males.<\/p>\n The Marine Corps spokesperson, Captain Maureen Krebs, told the Free Beacon that the two officers, \u201cdid not meet the standards required of them on day one in order to continue on with the course.\u201d Fifteen male officers also did not meet the standards. Of the 118 officers who began the course, 101 proceeded to the second day. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Time is running short for the Marine Corps which has been directed to integrate women into all specialties, including the infantry and to make recommendations to the Pentagon about that integration. There have been some females graduate from the enlisted infantry course. They face the possibility of serving in the infantry with no female officers. <\/p>\n