Posted on 01/19/2017 1:21:58 PM PST by markomalley
A female soldier has become the first to pass the selection course for the exclusive Army 75th Ranger Regiment and will become the first female special operator in the military sometime in the spring, a spokesman for the unit said.
The female soldier graduated the regiment’s Ranger Assessment and Selection Program 2 in December after completing the 21-day course for officers and noncommissioned officers in the rank of staff sergeant and above, Lt. Col. Rob Bockholt said.
The Army will not release any identifying information about the soldier in keeping with its security policy for all its rangers, Bockholt said.
The 75th Ranger Regiment is the Army’s premier special operations raid force, conducting “large scale joint forcible entry operations” and small surgical raids — inserting quietly into areas around the globe to capture or kill high-value targets. The work is physically and psychologically demanding, requiring specialized fitness and training skills.
The course for leadership-level soldiers and officers, known as RASP 2, lasts three weeks. Among the requirements to pass the course, soldiers must:
• Pass the Ranger fitness test, which includes 58 push-ups, 69 sit-ups, six pull-ups and running 5 miles in 40 minutes or less.
• Pass a water survival assessment.
• Participate in a 12-mile march with a 35-pound rucksack and weapon in less than three hours.
• Undergo a mental evaluation.
According to information provided by the Army in October, two women had attempted to pass the regiment selection course but failed. Two others were at the time scheduled to attend the training.
The Army would not release any other details, but the website for veterans Task & Purpose, which was first to report the story, said the soldier is an officer.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Ranger regiment has had members continually deployed around the globe.
To date, three women have graduated the Army’s Ranger School, a grueling course that earns soldiers a Ranger tab. Soldiers who graduate Army Ranger school return to their conventional units and the training is separate from the 75th Ranger Regiment training.
Like other special operations occupations, Ranger positions were off-limits to women until December 2015, when Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced all occupations would be open to women.
The Marines had requested an exemption for some of its infantry occupations but, ultimately, Carter rejected any exclusions to the policy.
The 75th Ranger Regiment comprises three regular battalions and a special troops battalion. Two of the battalions are based in Georgia at Hunter Army Airfield and the regiment’s headquarters in Fort Benning, and one at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.
Bockholt said the female soldier will arrive at the new unit in a couple of months.
Can we see the video of her carrying a 100 lb ruck up a mountain?
Bull Cheese.
Perhaps it was a man who identified as a woman. After the way Nobama has orchestrated the perversions in the ranks - this would not surprise me.
Secondly - we know the training and fitness standards wee dumbed down. Just for the gals. Who still failed in large numbers.
When Trump drains the Pentagon swamp, maybe (hopefully) some class and dignity will return to our Armed Forces and normalcy will return.
I applaud her willingness to serve. And her unreal level of fitness for being able to even come close to any of that.
But for a whole host of biological reasons, women make lousy special operators.
Don’t mean to insult her, but that’s just how it is.
Sad and sick. And also notice they made her a leader, forcing enlisteds to be respectful.
Her dad must be so proud. /s
Also, she went through the 21 day senior leaders course, not the true Ranger course that is 61 days.
the Army Rangers have probably gotten some females before
Participation trophy.
I wouldn’t serve with her.
or at least they would have if they’d been Navy
/s
I want to see her showering with her fellow troops....or does she have a designated “safe space” for that.....
Comport women?
That’s all rangers have to do? My daughter is at the USMC basic school and can do all that and more , but would never consider the Marine officer infantry school. They have to be understating the requirements.
The article says 3 women have graduated do far compare to the Marine Officer Infantry School where no woman has made it through the first couple of weeks.
I’m not saying I could do it but that does not seem like much of a test to become a ranger for a guy.
But...but...but...I have people here on FR telling me that there isn’t an active push to get women into combat roles, and that restoring the draft to include women wouldn’t include that as a “feature”.
Just what do they suppose a female “Ranger” is going to do, if not combat?
Frikking insanity.
They should resubmit the request once Carter is replaced, as he surely will be.
Instead of foxhole, they should rename it for Carter..
The ash-hole
Well, there will always be, ‘firsts’ when it comes to anything.
I was in the first ever Co-Ed Basic Training Platoon at FJSC in 1979. WE gals loved every minute of it - other than dragging those pasty, fat boys along with us.
*SMIRK*
Kinky warriorettes.
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