[ti:Female US Marine Makes History+++美国海军陆战队女队员创造历史] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.00]The life story of Private First Class Maria Daume [00:04.72]is very different from anyone else in the United States Marines. [00:11.12]She was born in a prison in Siberia. [00:15.33]Her parents died when she was two years old. [00:19.95]Two years later, she was adopted by Americans. [00:26.01]They agreed to take Maria in and treat her as their own child. [00:32.96]She moved to the United States, and was raised in New York. [00:38.92]Last week, the 19-year-old Maria Daume made history. [00:45.50]She completed special training at the Marine School of Infantry [00:52.24]in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. [00:55.24]Daume has done what many people said a woman would never do. [01:01.12]She is the first female Marine to join the infantry [01:06.97]through the traditional entry-level training process. [01:12.07]The system was opened to women just six months ago. [01:18.41]Daume told VOA she knows what she did was historic. [01:24.40]"I like to prove people wrong and just because you are a female [01:28.65]doesn't mean you can't do what a male can do." [01:30.87]The Mortar Marine class that she completed [01:34.98]is one of the most difficult in the Marines. [01:39.03]And Marine officials say it is becoming even more difficult. [01:45.58]Marine Sargent Matthew Schneider was one of Daume's instructors. [01:51.59]He says Daume was a good student. [01:55.14]"She was right at the top of the pack." [01:57.91]To pass the training, Daume climbed a 142 centimeter-high wall [02:05.67]while carrying all of her equipment. [02:09.35]She had to lift a 36 kilogram MK19 heavy machine gun above her head. [02:19.70]And she had to complete other gun exercises and skill tests. [02:27.22]The completion of Daume's training came at the same time [02:32.21]as a scandal has hit the U.S. Marine Corps. [02:36.65]A private Facebook group called "Marines United" [02:41.85]has been linked to photographs of military women on social media. [02:47.41]The photos show the women wearing little or no clothing. [02:53.92]Tens of thousands of Marines and retired Marines [02:58.80]reportedly belonged to the Facebook group. [03:02.33]Their posts often had sexist, derogatory comments. [03:08.05]Some even talked about rape and molestation. [03:13.14]The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has launched an investigation, [03:19.73]which has reportedly spread to other U.S. military services. [03:25.55]General Robert Neller is the Commandant of the Marine Corps. [03:31.72]He told members of Congress this month that he was shocked and angered [03:38.69]when he heard about the Facebook group. [03:42.01]He said some members of the group appeared to "have forgotten [03:47.65]that every member of our team is an equal and valued member of our Corps." [03:55.10]"How much more do the females of our Corps have to do to be accepted? [03:59.02]We all have to commit to getting rid of this perversion to our culture. Enough is enough!" [04:04.50]Experts hope Private First Class Daume's success [04:09.57]will persuade more women to join the Marines despite the scandal. [04:16.10]Katherine Kidder is with the Military, Veterans [04:20.96]and Society Program of the Center for a New American Security. [04:26.94]"This may be the way to bridge the gap and bring more women into the infantry, [04:33.29]and therefore make them feel like colleagues with their infantry counterparts." [04:37.78]The U.S. Marines now have four women serving in the infantry. [04:44.34]Three are based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. [04:49.12]Daume and four Marines who completed their infantry training [04:54.55]at the same time are now based at Camp Pendleton, near San Diego, California. [05:01.53]I'm Dorothy Gundy. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM