I honestly don’t even understand the point of this, though I don’t really understand non-combat arms folks being allowed to Ranger school period. Ranger school is supposed to simulate protracted combat, but, since you can’t actually shoot Ranger students, they simulate the stress through sleep deprivation and a lack of food while holding the students to very high standards of planning and execution.
So, it prepares people for combat without putting them in combat. Why do women need to be in such a school? Even with a non-combat arms guy, he has the ability to transfer into the Infantry or Armor. A female? She gets to wear the tab......and that’s about it.
I can see the point for men: these days, even if you're in a support unit, you can find yourself in deep kimche.
For women, the reason is combat command. The feminists will not be satisfied until at least 50% of senior combat commanders are women. If the path to senior combat-arms command requires the Ranger-School ticket punch (being Ranger-qualed is a requirement for combat-arms company commanders ), then they will demand to be allowed to pass Ranger school.