We’re Still at War: Photo of the Day for December 4, 2013

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marine_corps/10983163705/" target="_blank">U. S. Marine Corps photo</a> by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Paul S. Mancuso/Released


Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro and other Marines from Delta Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-East, receive final instructions prior to assaulting an objective during the Infantry Integrated Field Training Exercise aboard Camp Geiger, N.C., Nov 15, 2013. Montenegro is one of three female Marines to be the first women to graduate infantry training with the battalion. Delta Company is the first company at ITB with female students as part of a measured, deliberate and responsible collection of data on the performance of female Marines when executing existing infantry tasks and training events, the Marine Corps is soliciting entry-level female Marine volunteers to attend the eight week basic infantryman and infantry rifleman training courses at ITB. U. S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Paul S. Mancuso/Released.

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