U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Julia R. Carroll of Delta Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-East sits before conducting a 5k hike aboard Camp Geiger, N.C., Sept. 28, 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.