Female recruits in the Marine Corps and other services will have to prove themselves as capable as men during training, if traditionalists have their way. (Associated Press)
Bryson Jones (left) and Eric Alabiso (right), from Marine Corps Base Quantico, sport their teams' colors at FedEx Field, Landover, Md., Dec. 30, 2012. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
A protester flashes an anti-Osprey placard at a gate of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa, in southwestern Japan, on Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, is flanked by From the left, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos (left) and Lt. Col. Jeffrey Scott to inaugurate Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 on Tuesday in Yuma, Ariz. (Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.)
The first F-35B fighter jet attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 arrives at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Yuma, Ariz., on Nov. 16, 2012. (Associated Press/The Yuma Sun, Craig Fry) **FILE**
Georgetown head coach John Thompson III, left, speaks to the fans as Florida head coach Billy Donovan, right, watches while they announce the cancellation of the Navy-Marine Corps Classic NCAA college basketball game due to heavy condensation on the court aboard the USS Bataan at the Mayport Naval Station, Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)