Posted December 1, 2015 11:37 am by Comments

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Cpl. Ryan Young, II Marine Expeditionary Force:

Lt. Col. Lauren Edwards made Marine Corps history when she took command of the service’s 8th Engineer Support Battalion at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Nov. 30, 2015.

“My charge now is to serve as a positive example of leadership and professionalism to men and women alike,” said Edwards. “I’m extraordinarily proud to take command of 8th ESB today, and I hope that all Marines and sailors in this battalion recognize that if they work hard and look out for each other they can accomplish whatever they set their minds to.”

Edwards’ new responsibility, as the first female commander of an ESB, will be to provide engineer support to II Marine Expeditionary Forces.

“Engineer support battalions are very much the life support of a MEF,” said Edwards. “We are a large unit that can be tasked to perform a myriad of engineering tasks across the battlefield.”

Edwards was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. on Aug. 14, 1998 and finished as honor graduate at the Combat Engineer Officer’s Course.

While deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Edwards received a …Read the Rest

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