An M16 A-4 service rifle lays on a students table during Delta Company's third week of training at , Infantry Training Battalion (ITB), School of Infantry-East (SOI-E), Camp Geiger, N.C., Oct. 7, 2013. Delta Company is the first company at ITB with female students as part of a measured, deliberate and responsible collection of data on the performance of female Marines when executing existing infantry tasks and training events, the Marine Corps is soliciting entry-level female Marine volunteers to attend the eight week basic infantryman and infantry rifleman training courses at ITB. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Christine M. Wilcox, SOI-E, Combat Camera/Released)