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Right Place, Right Time, Right Marine: The Story of the First Marine Corps Female Primary Marksmanship Instructor at Edson Range - Cpl. Barbara Cogburn, primary marksmanship instructor (PMI) with Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, assists a Marine during a rifle qualification at Edson Range on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 1985. Cogburn, a food service specialist, became the first school-trained female PMI in 1984. PMIs act as an instructor to other Marines on how to precisely handle and fire weapon systems on small arms ranges.

Right place, right time, right Marine: The story of the first Marine Corps female primary marksmanship instructor at Edson Range

Over the last 100 years, female Marines have made great strides in distinguishing themselves among their male counterparts. During the 1980’s, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s women were no exception. Sgt. Maj. Eleanor Judge became MCB Camp Pendleton’s first female sergeant major in 1980 and Maj. Michelle Manning became the first female

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San Onofre Elementary breaks ground for new campus aboard Camp Pendleton - San Onofre Elementary School students, Marine Corps Installations-West chief of staff, Colonel Joseph D. Williams, and Fallbrook School Board members, break ground at the new San Onofre Elementary School site aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 14, 2017. The new school will enroll 900 students, have computer labs with wireless internet, and an improved science, technology, engineering, mathematics program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Drake Nickels)

Right place, right time, right Marine: The story of the first Marine Corps female primary marksmanship instructor at Edson Range

San Onofre Elementary breaks ground for new campus here

Recovering Warrior Task Force coming to Pendleton