U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Cristina Fuentes Montenegro of Delta Company, Infantry Training Battalion (ITB), School of Infantry-East (SOI-E) carries the Company Guidon during a 20 kilometer hike aboard, Camp Geiger, N.C., Oct. 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. (U. S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anthony Quintanilla, Combat Camera, SOI-E/Released)