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To: Saije

Are there female Green Berets? If so, that would just lower their value in my eyes. I’m sure there are female Rangers, right? Weenies!

Navy Vet


11 posted on 10/02/2009 9:18:52 PM PDT by Rembrandt
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To: Rembrandt

There are women assigned to special forces groups as parachute riggers. They are not in the teams, or in the Ranger battalions (infantry branch)or Armor.

There are rather a few female pilots, and their skills are much appreciated.


23 posted on 10/02/2009 11:18:02 PM PDT by donmeaker (Invicto)
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To: Rembrandt
Are there female Green Berets?

Only 1, Martha Raye

During the Vietnam War, she was made an honorary Green Beret because she visited United States Army Special Forces in Vietnam without fanfare, and she helped out when things got bad in Special Forces A-Camps. As a result, she came to be known affectionately by the Green Berets as "Colonel Maggie

38 posted on 10/03/2009 5:03:48 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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