Posted on 08/17/2015 6:21:20 PM PDT by Crystal Palace East
The two female Ranger students left in Ranger School will be the first women to ever graduate from the grueling course Friday.
Out of a total of 19 initial female students, two women will graduate come Friday at Fort Benning, Ga., and be allowed to wear the Ranger Tab, though because gender integration is still in the experimental phase, these women will not join the 75th Ranger Regiment, The Washington Post reports.
After a quick, first assessment, the 19 female hopefuls were chopped down to just eight female students. All eight then proceeded to fail the Darby Phase twice. The Army then gave three of the students an opportunity to start over from the beginning. This recycle is only granted occasionally.
Students moved through the Darby Phase, the Mountain Phase, and then finally to the Swamp Phase in Florida near Eglin Air Force Base, where 40 students and four instructors were placed in the hospital after being struck by lightning.
“Congratulations to all of our new Rangers. Each Ranger School graduate has shown the physical and mental toughness to successfully lead organizations at any level,” Secretary of the Army John McHugh said in a statement. “This course has proven that every Soldier, regardless of gender, can achieve his or her full potential. We owe Soldiers the opportunity to serve successfully in any position where they are qualified and capable, and we continue to look for ways to select, train, and retain the best Soldiers to meet our Nation’s needs.”
According to a senior Army official, both of the women are also graduates of West Point, the U.S. military school based in New York.
Ranger School has a 40 percent graduation rate
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I’m just wondering how far she could carry my 21 yr old 175lb shot up asks if my life depended on it.
I have watched that and seen what you are talking about. They are impressive, but how much is Ninja Warriors just a reality show? Toss in real div I wide receivers, and see who wins. Just sayin...
Wow thanks. You gave the clear answer. You are an honest person.
It is sad that it has come to this.
Agree, this is BS.
Men are also granted another chance on occasion. This "second chance" policy did not begin with female applicants...
If you are captured by Muslim terrorist ready to cut your head off, if you could choose, would you rather have female or male Ranges try to save your ass?
Agree completely. This is diversity BS.
I have no problems with women serving honorably in our military but let's face it, Army Rangers are ELITE. That's supposed to mean something, or so, we would think.
Just so you know, I am not anti-woman in the military-— 3 of my children attended/attend service academies. My oldest daughter graduated from the Air Force Academy.
Guys are tougher...no doubt...it’s physiology!
Sure it’s a reality show but not like Big Brother. Some contestants train intensely. There are professional athletes and West Point graduate contestants.
For how long?
What do his achievements have to do with whether the Rangers lowered their standards? What do the timing of his mortgage payments have to do with anything at all?
We ALL know the cops, firefighters, Marines - everybody has had to change their admission requirements for women - not because women are dumber but because they are weaker. It's biology - women are not nearly as strong as men.
There was no way in hell the Army wasn’t going to get at least a few women through Ranger School. Can you imagine what would have happened if they would have had to announce that no woman could make it through the training?
Plus, as women trying to make it in man’s world, they have to have more fortitude than their male counterparts. Female cadets often face extreme vulgarity and harassment because men (understandably) don’t want them there. If you want to play with the boys, you’d better be tougher than most of them.
Having said that, I agree with other posts. I don’t see the point. If they can’t serve in combat, why bother?
I was in the Navy and was never told Ranger school was open to sailors.
“There was no way in hell the Army wasn’t going to get at least a few women through Ranger School. Can you imagine what would have happened if they would have had to announce that no woman could make it through the training?”
The Army has done just fine without them but I see your point.
The Army is probably going to let them eventually drop out and quietly go on about it’s business. I hope.
The Crewbas could probably do it....
Women need to be trained for combat, but they don’t belong in the special forces or Marines.
“USNA. ...At least we’re still a drop tougher than USAFA”
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