They said no standards were lowered. If that’s true, then congratulations and good job.
FORT BENNING, Ga. – They are the first women to wear the prestigious Ranger tab.
In a Friday morning ceremony at the Army’s Ranger headquarters in Fort Benning, Georgia, 1st Lt. Shaye Haver and Capt. Kristen Griest graduated from the Army’s elite Ranger School, ending its six decade history as an all-male institution.
“I think that if females continue to come to this course that they can be encouraged by what we have accomplished,” Haver said. “But hopefully they’re encouraged by the legacy of the Rangers community as well. It was good enough to make us come. It was good enough to help force ourselves through.”
Both female and male members of the Ranger class endured weeks of limited food and sleep, while performing combat-related tasks in rugged environments — including woods, mountains and swamps.