\"Infantry officer course is the MOS-producing school for Marine Corps infantry officers and the prerequisite course for ground intelligence officers,\" the release said. \"The grueling 13-week course trains and educates newly selected infantry and ground intelligence officers in leadership, infantry skills and character required to serve as infantry platoon commanders in the operating forces.\"

Of the 131 Marines who began the course in July, only 88 graduated.

Proud of this officer & her fellow leaders. Now they focus on what's important: preparing to lead Marines in combat https://t.co/rwWjXKOAf9 pic.twitter.com/RvzTAkuLLI

— Robert B. Neller (@GenRobertNeller) September 25, 2017

In 2015 then–Defense Secretary Ash Carter made the decision to open all military combat roles to women, ending a ban on women's serving on the front lines. At the time, the Marine Corps formally advised that women should continue to be prevented from working in combat units, despite recommendations from the Army, Navy, Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command that they be permitted to serve.

\"We are a joint force, and I have decided to make a decision which applies to the entire force,\" Carter said in 2015.

Earlier that year, two soldiers became the first women to graduate from Army Ranger training camp but were not immediately permitted to serve in a Ranger regiment, as combat roles had yet been opened to women.

ABC's Adam Kelsey contributed to this report.

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