In the US Army infantry .. Women aspire to outweigh men

In a historic precedent, women are trained alongside men in preparation for joining the US Army infantry force, with all participants undergoing tests under difficult conditions, without discrimination.

Christine, who trains to join the Army infantry, told the Associated Press she wanted to prove that being a woman does not stop her from doing the things men do, indicating that she wants to outshine her infantry brother.

Christine, 18, is one of about 80 women who have decided to join the infantry training at Fort Benning, Georgia.

The Defense Department has already decided to lift the ban on women serving in combat duties in 2013, and participation is now available to all armed forces in late 2015.

Last May, 18 women graduated from the training program to become the first entrants to infantry, in a historic precedent.

Gabriela, a colleague of Christine, points out that the girls in the training program are motivating each other to complete it. "We look at each other and we are determined to overcome males and be better than them," she said.

Since the decision to lift the ban, the military has been preparing to include women fully. Fort Benning spent about $ 35 million on building their rooms and setting up monitoring stations.

According to the agency, women initially rejected an initial plan to host them on a floor separate from men, indicating their desire for equality and full integration with males as in society.

Corbin says the desire of females not to be burdened by men makes them work hard not to end up at the bottom of the rankings. "You have to be better than you are.

The future soldiers are preparing for their final training before getting the infantry insignia at a ceremonial ceremony that will be the culmination of their efforts to prove themselves to the US military.