Captain Clifton Payton, the officer selection officer for Recruiting Station Montgomery, AL, and Mary Sanders, a graduate from Alabama State University and newly commissioned second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, stand at position of attention while the promotion warrant is being read at Coleman Coliseum, May 12, 207. Today, there are more than 325 million people in the United States. Of that population, the Marine Corps makes up less than 1 percent. Female officers are less than 7 percent of 20,000 active duty officers. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James/Released)

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