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But i was so motivated. when i first got my eagle globe and anchor, i cried. i wanted to become a drill instructor. i wanted to make a career out of the marines. >> in 2019, celeste arrived in booford, south carolina, ranked as private. how often are you talking to her while shes there in. >> she would call me about five times out of the week, at least. >> thats how i am with my mom, too but she sounded happy? >> sounded happy, yes. >> i wonder what it was like as a woman to be living day to day...

Recruits: Aye, sir! Narrator: The day before, recruits from the gender-integrated Hotel Company assemble in front of their barracks for a briefing. Although female recruits have trained at Parris Island since 1949, gender-integrated companies didnt emerge until 2019. As of January 2021, this group of recruits was the most gender-diverse company of enlisted recruits in the history of the Marine Corps. And among those in Hotel Company are a brother and sister from Georgia -- 21-year-old Lazaro C...