[caption id=”attachment_145094″ align=”aligncenter” width=”2950″]A female Army Ranger student lifts a rucksack onto her back on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at Camp James E. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Two out of 19 females have made it to the final phase of Army Ranger training which ends at Camp James E. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base. (Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
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WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Two women completed Ranger School and will become the first to wear the elite Ranger tab, the Army announced Monday night.
Graduation for the two women and 94 men to complete the swamp phase of training is scheduled for Friday at Fort Benning, Ga.
“Each Ranger School graduate has shown the physical and mental toughness to successfully lead organizations at any level. This course has proven that every soldier, regardless of gender, can achieve his or her full potential,” Army Secretary John McHugh said in a statement.
The women will be able to wear the Ranger tab, but will not be allowed to join the 75th Ranger regiment.
Read more at the Washington Examiner.
