Two trailblazing women who became the first female participants in the notoriously brutal Marine Corps’ Infantry Officer Course have dropped out of the program, according to the Stars and Stripes.

The two female lieutenants failed to complete the combat endurance test portion of the program, as did 26 male Marines.

Marine Corps spokesman Capt. Eric Flanagan told the Stars and Stripes one of women was dropped from the grueling 13-week ...