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Wondering what you guys who served think about this...
165 men and two women started the course, 94 mena and the two women finished. So the women did better than more than 70 men. Thats' pretty impressive as long as the criteria were the same and based on the article it seems they were.
2 women graduate from Army Ranger course - CNNPolitics.com
During the course, students learn how to operate in three different environments: woodlands in Fort Benning, Georgia, mountainous terrain in Dahlonega, Georgia, and coastal swamp in Eglin AFB, Florida. Highlights of the course include a physical fitness test consisting of 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups, a five mile run in 40 minutes, and six chin-ups; a swim test; a land navigation test; a 12-mile foot march in three hours; several obstacle courses; four days of military mountaineering; three parachute jumps; four air assaults on helicopters; multiple rubber boat movements; and 27 days of mock combat patrols.
On Aug. 1, 2015, 165 men and two women began the challenging training in the coastal swamps of Eglin AFB, Florida. Additionally, Ranger students selected to recycle the Swamp Phase will start the phase again on Saturday, August 29, 2015.
165 men and two women started the course, 94 mena and the two women finished. So the women did better than more than 70 men. Thats' pretty impressive as long as the criteria were the same and based on the article it seems they were.
2 women graduate from Army Ranger course - CNNPolitics.com
During the course, students learn how to operate in three different environments: woodlands in Fort Benning, Georgia, mountainous terrain in Dahlonega, Georgia, and coastal swamp in Eglin AFB, Florida. Highlights of the course include a physical fitness test consisting of 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups, a five mile run in 40 minutes, and six chin-ups; a swim test; a land navigation test; a 12-mile foot march in three hours; several obstacle courses; four days of military mountaineering; three parachute jumps; four air assaults on helicopters; multiple rubber boat movements; and 27 days of mock combat patrols.
On Aug. 1, 2015, 165 men and two women began the challenging training in the coastal swamps of Eglin AFB, Florida. Additionally, Ranger students selected to recycle the Swamp Phase will start the phase again on Saturday, August 29, 2015.
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