Both sides have different stories. According to Marine Corps officials, Marine Lt. Col. Kate Germano was removed on June 30 because of poor leadership, which included hostile and unprofessional behavior, The Hill reports.
Last June, Germano took command of the 4th Recruit Training Battalion on Parris Island in South Carolina and proceeded to work hard at improving the marksmanship of female recruits, as the failure rate for women was about three times as a high as men at the rifle range. Within a year's time, the rate of passage for females taking the initial rifle qualification test jumped to 90 percent--about the same rate as men.