The Marine Corps won’t allow women to serve in the infantry until at least 2015. Each of the services released their versions of the plan Tuesday, following the military’s historic decision in January to repeal the 1994 Direct Combat Exclusion Rule. The move opened 53,721 jobs in the Corps, Marine officials said. The plans outline how each branch of service will conduct research needed to open more jobs. The Corps’ plan includes a schedule for opening various specialties to women in coming years, although the dates are subject to change based on recommendations from the Marine Corps commandant.. Plans call for allowing female Marines to become ground intelligence officers this year; officials will decide next year whether to allow them to become low-altitude air defense officers, amphibious assault vehicle officers and low-altitude air defense gunners. The big moves come in 2015, when the Corps is scheduled to recommend whether or not women should join the infantry. Marine officials are scheduled to notify Congress between April and June of that year, according to the plan outlined Tuesday.
