NATION IN BRIEF : VIRGINIA : Marines Say Goodby to Woman General
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The U.S. Marine Corps’ first woman general is retiring and the service said farewell with a battalion-strength parade. Hundreds of civilian and military observers were on hand for the ceremony at the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia marking the retirement of Brig. Gen. Gail M. Reals. Reals, 54, had more than 35 years of military service.
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