Female commander writes Marine history
Friday - 6/17/2011, 6:45pm EDT
Brigadier General Loretta Reynolds is taking command at South Carolina's Parris Island.
She is the first female general to be in charge of the base in its 96-year history.
Reynolds is best known as the first female Marine to hold a command position in a battle zone.
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