- The 18-month recruitment drive by the Commando unit was a spectacular flop
- They had been supplied a personalised coaching programme to arrange them for assessments
- Just one girl sailor took up the provide and allegedly struggled with the course
An 18-month marketing campaign to draw girls into Britain's crack Commando unit attracted only one volunteer – and even she is believed to have failed the gruelling course.
Successful the fitting to have fight roles within the elite unit was celebrated as a triumph for equality.
High brass supplied volunteers a personalised coaching programme to make sure they had been totally geared up to deal with the well-known Inexperienced Beret endurance assessments they must go to take up arms alongside males within the Royal Marines.
A marketing campaign to draw girls into Britain's crack Commando unit attracted only one volunteer
However just one girl sailor took up the provide, and Marine sources informed The Mail on Sunday that she had struggled with the bodily challenges.
The Ministry of Defence refused to verify or deny this, however the bandswoman wrote about her experiences within the newest concern of the Marines' journal, The Globe And Laurel.
She mentioned: 'Three females throughout the Navy had been approached to trial this programme, nevertheless, I used to be the one one to participate.
'The course included a three-and-a-half-hour run and a two-and-a-half-hour serial on the underside subject [an assault course at the Royal Marines' training base].
Marine sources informed The Mail on Sunday that she had struggled with the bodily challenges
'I used to be assessed alongside [male] civilians, guaranteeing the excessive requirements required to enter the Royal Marines had been upheld.
'Whereas undoubtedly probably the most bodily arduous challenges I've confronted, it was a pleasure to be a part of. I did nicely on all points of the course.
'I obtained nothing however assist and admiration from all ranks on the Commando Coaching Centre.
'I want any feminine making an attempt to enter the Common Service the most effective of luck.'
The trial was a part of a Authorities examine into whether or not girls ought to serve in frontline fight items, and adopted former Prime Minister David Cameron's choice final July to raise the ban on girls serving in close-combat roles.
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