He was accompanied by Vice President Harris. During the visit, he and Harris met with Pentagon officials including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
Biden also gave a speech in which he made clear his top national security concern is China and sought to turn the page from the turmoil at the department during the Trump administration.
On politicization: During his speech, Biden promised never to politicize the military, drawing a contrast to the controversies of the Trump administration without naming his predecessor.
“You are incredible heroes and incredible patriots. I will never, ever dishonor you, I will never disrespect you. I will never politicize the work you do,” Biden said. “This is personal for me. The Biden family is a military family. We learned firsthand some of what your families experienced.”
In a historic first, women begin Marine boot camp in San Diego
A female recruit waits her turn to call home to tell her family that she has arrived safely at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
(Nelvin C. Cepeda / San Diego Union-Tribune)
SAN DIEGO
Recruits piled off buses this week to the urgent shouts and barks of Marine Corps drill instructors.
They took their spots on the fabled yellow footprints to begin their transformation from civilians to Marines something that has happened countless times in the San Diego boot camp’s almost 100-year history.
Only this time, for the first time, 60 women were among those scrambling recruits. Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego is no longer a male-only institution.
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Until now, all female Marine Corps recruits have attended boot camp at the Marines East Coast training base in Parris Island, S.C. It also has been home to the occasional integrated recruit company.