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West Point graduate becomes the first woman to compete in the grueling Army Ranger contest
AP ^ | Apr 14, 2025 | LOLITA C. BALDOR

Posted on 04/15/2025 11:32:57 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

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I might have to change my opinion on woman rangers, assuming she got no special treatment during the competition, kudos for her for not only finishing, but at 14th.
1 posted on 04/15/2025 11:32:57 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Agree

Be all you can be isn’t a motto it a way of life.


2 posted on 04/15/2025 11:35:29 AM PDT by Vaduz
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....assuming she got no special treatment during the competition....

That’s not a safe assumption to make. The armed forces have always dumbed down physical training standards as part of their DIE agenda.


3 posted on 04/15/2025 11:40:18 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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What if her teammate had been a female?


4 posted on 04/15/2025 11:46:47 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Female soldiers, policemen, firemen endanger themselves and their male co-workers as men will typically lookout to protect the women endangering those around them. Lot of cop videos where the female is getting their @$$ handed to them until a male officer shows up.


5 posted on 04/15/2025 11:54:27 AM PDT by Mean Daddy
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“I might have to change my opinion on woman rangers, assuming she got no special treatment during the competition, kudos for her for not only finishing, but at 14th.”

Everyone in the theater cheered when Scarlett shot the Yankee deserter. Understandable; she did what she had to do to defend herself.

That is far different than experiments deliberately putting women - with full load-out - into front-line combat.

It is an interesting thing that school girls are being forced into locker rooms with men, but our Navy spends billions retrofitting ships so that grown military women are assured of having separate accommodations.

6 posted on 04/15/2025 11:54:35 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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I might have to change my opinion on woman rangers, assuming she got no special treatment during the competition...

What in the world would make you think she didn't receive special treatment/standards? It's built into the mix.

She probably dragged a top 10 team down to 14th.

7 posted on 04/15/2025 11:55:54 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left?)
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The point is what is the use of saying you have the toughest training for male
soldiers if a woman can do it ?


8 posted on 04/15/2025 12:00:03 PM PDT by ac-rep
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I’m not sure she did or did not. For example, which Physical Fitness Test did she take? The woman’s or what’s been pushed by Hegseth as one standard for warriors.

We’ll have to wait and see what scuttlebutt comes out on the standards imposed on her during the competition.

Which is why my 2nd word was “might”.


9 posted on 04/15/2025 12:04:46 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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Impressive.


10 posted on 04/15/2025 12:05:24 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Trump may be one of our greatest Presidents, if they don't kill him first.)
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For guys who are interested in women who can reach in and pull their guts out with one hand...


11 posted on 04/15/2025 12:37:15 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The Art Of Government: Taking Money From One Group And Giving It To Another - Voltaire)
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A country that routinely sends women into combat is no longer worth fighting for.


12 posted on 04/15/2025 12:44:33 PM PDT by Romulus ( )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

They weren’t last
...


13 posted on 04/15/2025 1:03:33 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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i wanna be an airborne ranger.
i wanna be the best there is.
i wanna lead a life of danger.
Killing commies, that’s my biz.

when i joined i didn’t expect.
the prettiest girl i’d seen by heck.
i gave her cheek a peck.
she almost broke my neck.

she was an airborne ranger.
she was the best there is.
she led a life of danger.
killing commies, that’s her biz.


14 posted on 04/15/2025 1:04:44 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Responsibility2nd

There are a few Tulsi Gabbards out there....just plain bad asses.


15 posted on 04/15/2025 1:09:30 PM PDT by traderrob6
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16 posted on 04/15/2025 1:13:31 PM PDT by traderrob6
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The only reason she finished 14th was because she had a male as her partner.


17 posted on 04/15/2025 1:18:16 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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What’s the probability that current Army brass will allow a black female to flunk out?


18 posted on 04/15/2025 1:19:09 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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The Lieutenant is black.


19 posted on 04/15/2025 1:28:46 PM PDT by ABStrauss (I miss Rush!)
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Hmmm...
My tinfoil hat glowed a little bit after reading this...

How can we be sure the soldier isn’t a man identifying as a woman?


20 posted on 04/15/2025 1:32:18 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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