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Amen! Absolutely. A friend of mine is a ranger a tough guy. It took him three tries to become a ranger made it on the third try.

If you ever see the navy seals BUDS training, no way in hell that ANY woman could endure that. You know the end is near when women are Navy seals.

I was in the middle of my small ROTC class, but that's to say I was a member of an elite group. There were 20 commissioned with me, and about a third of my class graduated from Ranger School. One recently retired after a 35 year career, and made Major General.

During my four years, we usually sent 4 to Ranger School, and the pass rate was 75%. The training these men went through prior to attending Ranger School was extensive. It sounds passe, but they were the elite of the elite.

As I was completing Airborne School at Fort Benning many years ago, I met up with a few alums who were stationed at Benning, all wearing the tab. They tried their best to convince me to go, but I knew my limitations. First, I wasn't a runner: I could LRP all day long, but my best time in just the 2-mile was around 14 minutes. Rangers routinely run 5-6 miles in 30 minutes.

I never saw myself being able to function for weeks on end on less than two hours of sleep per day. The closest I came to that was on Tac Evals, as the Army Liasion Officer from my unit. I was basically up four days straight, but the surroundings were plush compared to getting hypothermia in a swamp.

There may be one in 10,000 women who could handle the physical requirements of Ranger School.

There may be one in 100,000 women who could handle the physical and mental requirements of Ranger School.

And there may be one in 1,000,000 women who could handle the physical and mental requirements of Ranger School, and possess expert knowledge of small unit infantry tactics, map reading/orienteering, etc.

If what I say is true, is it worth it for the sake of perhaps 200 women?

PS - During my 8 years on active duty, I can't recall serving with any women capable of passing Ranger School.