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Posted on 04/23/2016 8:39:45 PM PDT by pboyington
Sources inside Congressman Steve Russell’s (R., OK) office informed US Defense Watch this week that the Congressman had received no new information from the US Army concerning his request for the records of the three female Ranger School graduates, Captain Griest, First Lieutenant Haver and Major Jaster, the so-called Mommy Ranger.
Seven months later and the US Army and the Pentagon are still refusing to turn over the Ranger School records of the three female graduates.
For those who haven’t followed the story, here’s a summary of the events leading up to the present time.
Captain Kristen Griest and First Lieutenant Shaye Haver were the first two women to graduate from Ranger School in August of 2015. Their graduation was the subject of much speculation by some members of the media and Congressman Steve Russell who contacted the Secretary of the Army, John McHugh on September 15, 2015, and requested their records from Ranger School.
The Secretary of the Army stalled Russell for nine days and then asked for an extension to obtain documents readily available.
The Army waited another two weeks to tell Russell the documents had been shredded, even though Army schools usually keep records a year or two after graduation. Then, Russell requested the Green Cards, the transcript of someone’s performance at Ranger School that everyone who has attended the school since 1952 has in a file cabinet there.
The Army balked at the Green Card request stating “privacy concerns.” What’s private about a land navigation score? Nothing, unless one of the female graduates had a history of failing land navigation repeatedly and the Army passed her anyway.
In the Fall of 2014, at Fort Carson, Colorado, a group of female soldiers were given three months of training to specifically prepare them for Ranger School. The female soldiers were pulled away from their regular duties in the Army to eat, breathe and sleep Ranger School for ninety days. One of the female soldiers who attended the training was First Lieutenant Shaye Haver.
In addition, First Lieutenant Haver consistently failed land navigation during various assessments conducted at Fort Carson. Yet, Haver was sent to Fort Benning to attend Ranger School. Sources also informed US Defense Watch that First Lieutenant Haver failed land navigation at the Ranger Training Assessment Course, a 16 day evaluation soldiers must pass before being allowed to start the school itself.
Haver graduated from Ranger School in August of 2015 after having been recycled twice and having to restart the whole course on one occasion. Did Haver also fail land navigation repeatedly at Ranger School? Undoubtedly, this would appear in her records, which were apparently shredded by the Army. But, her Green Card, a Ranger School transcript of her progress wasn’t. Surely, Haver’s land navigation scores are noted on her Green Card.
Yet, the Army refuses to send Congressman Steve Russell the Green Cards for Haver, Griest and Major Lisa Jaster, the 37 year old woman who graduated from the school as well. As of now, the only thing Congressman Russell has received from the Army is some concocted mini white paper showing that men and women are performing the same at Fort Benning and that women are meeting the standards.
The Army also refuses to tell anyone what the school’s policy is for the storage and destruction of Ranger School records. The Army refuses to tell the media why they shredded Griest’s and Haver’s records. The Army refuses to tell the media what they are doing with the third female graduate, Major Lisa Jaster’s records.
Congressman Russell was interviewed by The Oklahoman several months ago concerning the Ranger School story.
Here are some excerpts from the interview:
The Oklahoman: “Have you gotten the records that you sought?”
Russell: “Not from the Army. I’ve gotten nothing from them. In the second letter I got (last week) the Army said they can’t provide the records just yet and they reasserted the fact that the bulk of what I requested had been shredded and they were disappointed that I would suggest that they were up to nefarious activities.”
“Then they provided me an information paper that would try to get at some of what I requested. And this information paper provided a sampling of records. And then they provided an analysis of this sampling.”
“But they didn’t provide me the records to verify that sampling or verify their conclusions or even examine it.”
“So it’s like: Look, if there’s nothing to hide, show me what you have. And if these allegations are not substantiated, then we can drop this and move on.
The Oklahoman: “Is this (women in combat) issue something the House Armed Services Committee needs to hold hearings about?”
Russell: “Well of course it is. I think the question that we all would ask is: If warriors can be trained to the highest capacity, then why wouldn’t we take efforts to do that? But, we have to do it with integrity, and we have to do it where we maintain the capacity.”
“So, I’m asking questions. And, so as a member of Congress and on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, we have a constitutional requirement to oversee government and its functions. These courses don’t belong to any general. They don’t belong to any service secretary. They don’t belong to anyone. They belong to We the People.”
There can only be one logical conclusion why the Army won’t release the records and the Green Cards; because they show information that would inform the Congressman and the world that the women were given special treatment and or allowed to continue when they indeed failed the course.
The Pentagon got what they wanted; three female “graduates” from Ranger School. Like everything else surrounding women in the combat arms and special ops, this is predicated on pure, unadulterated lies.
The White House wanted women in the combat arms and special operations. The Army green lighted the three women through the school by holding their hands from day one with pre-pre Ranger School training, nutritional and fitness consultants as reported by People Magazine and showers every few days for the “anointed three.” Former Rangers have indicated how well fed the three women looked upon graduation, compared to the Dachau-like appearance of Ranger school grads for 60 sixty years. The three female grads were plump and glowing while the average guy crawls out of Ranger School on his hands and knees, thankful to be alive.
The chances of a 37 year old woman who’s not a Russian androgynous swimmer passing Ranger School is about the same as a T-Rex walking into your backyard right now. Ranger School spits out 20 year old men with the speed of a hotel power flush. Sending a 30 something man to the school is considered to be haphazard decision at best. How a 37 year old woman made it is beyond anyone’s reasoning. It is indeed a brazen bridge too far among the social engineers.
The three women were presented to the world as graduates of one of the toughest military schools in the world. The graduation was used to influence Ash Carter’s decision to allow women into the combat arms and special operations.
Since the graduation of the three females about ten women have attended Ranger School and not one woman has graduated.
The Pentagon continues to push women into the combat arms and special operations when they know their reasons are based on false pretenses and fantasies.
If the Army has nothing to hide, then it should turn over the records to Congressman Russell and the House Armed Services Committee. The Army’s continued intransigence is a further admission of guilt as participants in a conspiracy to convince the American people that women can function and survive in the combat arms and special operations.
Ranger School spits out 20 year old men with the speed of a hotel power flush. Sending a 30 something man to the school is considered to be haphazard decision at best. How a 37 year old woman made it is beyond anyone’s reasoning.
Too many political Generals.
I graduated from the first co-ed ARMY Platoon in 1979.
They said the same sh#t about me and my gals, but I’ll tell ya it was HELL dragging those men along with us each and every day, LOL!
‘Tai’t braggin’ if’n you can DO IT!
Let me go on record as saying, I do NOT want this woman anywhere near me or any of the men under my command when the chit hits the fan!!
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President ELECT Trump should tell them to be gone b4 Jan 20 or risk a demotion in rank AND THEN getting fired. Just what percentage of these senior officers think this way?
If I’m not mistaken, one of the women is a West Point grad???
One of the institutions most sacred rules is...
Thou shall not lie, cheat or steal, nor tolerate those who do.
“Just what percentage of these senior officers think this way?”
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100% of those who haven’t been forced out.
You have openly “married” homosexuals running the military and pushing the “transgender” agenda now. The transformation of America into Obamanation is nearly complete.
They were both given Day 1 Recycles. That almost never happens.
America will pay a very dear price for this folly, among others.
We’ve had 20 years of Hollywood grrrrr power propaganda films to get the citizenry to suspend its disbelief. You know darned well that if by some miracle these three actually performed well, those records would have been enshrined as the holy grail. Instead, they were shredded, and what remains of them is now a closely guarded secret. Time for hearings and subpoenas. The security of this country is far too important to allow these stupid games to continue.
I am not sexist...I am female, and I will be the first to say that unless and untill these dykes can hump full battle rattle and carry or drag a 200 pound injured comrade out of harms way...I dont want these feminist idiots anywhere near the battle area!
The sooner we get these social experiment loving pussies out of DOD, the better we will ALL BE!
And how many times has that most sacred rule been ignored or broken during the last 30 years?
I have known a few ring knockers, they were all liars depending on the circumstances.
Edit to post 12: grrrrr = grrrrrrl
Rest assured that if the documents supported their predetermined outcomes, they’d be plastered on the front page of the NY Times.
This is madness.
This is dangerous.
It will weaken the military.
The military is for killing people, it’s no place for social experimentation...too much is at stake.
A 37yr old female in Ranger School is as idiotic and obviously contrived as a 37yr old man on the catwalk wearing lingerie at the annual Victoria’s Secret special.
WTF is happening to us!?
Nail meet hammer. Obama’s ongoing degradation of the American military he hates, and his usual ‘transparency.’
Public education.
Holy de-hydrated pork patty, Batman! (pass me a track pad)
Earning a Ranger tab means something. If the table is being tilted, then we have a milk problem.
The milk problem is this. If you’re presented two glasses of milk, one clean and one that may or may not have a mouse turd in it, which one would you drink from? Obviously the one without the chance of a turd. Even though someone tells you “most of the milk is good, even if there’s a turd in it”.
There are several tabbed females and the Army won’t say whether they earned it or not.
IF the Army is graduating females from Ranger school by altering the standards, THEN that’s the glass that may or may not...
Let’s hope our leaders have the courage to not do this. I’m afraid we passed that point, so let’s hope that they drink from the clean glass.
Rangers lead the way!
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