Ross of Columbus, N.C., a retired Army colonel. Not everyone likes the idea, including Charles C. Three more coed companies will form in November.įifteen hours a day for eight weeks, they will do situps and pushups and practice shooting, running, climbing and all the other rigors new recruits sweat through. The first coed units formed last month at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and here at Fort Jackson, two companies of 240 soldiers each, half men and half women, will form Friday. It used to be that male and female recruits were kept segregated during basic training. Now, they're going to train together, crawling through the hot sands of Fort Jackson side by side. Someday they may forge into battle together. ![]() (AP) Male and female soldiers work together in the Army. MILITARY: Army begins coed basic trainingĬOLUMBIA, S.C.
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