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WASHINGTON (AP) — A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the annual Best Ranger Competition, and her two-soldier team finished the grueling three-day event over the weekend and came in 14th overall. First Lt. Gabrielle White, and her teammate, Capt. Seth Deltenre, were among the 16 teams that made it through the final events, where Ranger teams compete for accolades as the best of the elite military force. All together, 52 teams competed and all of the others were made up of only male soldiers. The two Rangers on the winning team were 1st Lt. Griff Hokanson...

I just thought I would pass along some information about a program you may want to watch. The Discovery Military Channel (previously called Discovery Wings) will be showing three hours from the Best Ranger Competition on Thursday night (6/16). While this is not the first time it has been aired on television (ESPN usually carries an hour break down shown on odd Saturday times), it is only the second time I know of that 3 hours will be carried for broadcast. To my knowledge, this will be a recording of this year’s competition. http://wings.discovery.com/convergence/bestranger/bestranger.html Other sites that carry information on...