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Hondo sends us a link to the Army Times<\/a> which announces that the Army is offering Ranger School slots to female soldiers while doing their research for allowing females to serve in combat units in combat positions;<\/p>\n

If selected, female volunteers who successfully complete and graduate from Ranger school will receive a graduation certificate and be awarded and authorized to wear the Ranger tab. However, pending future decisions about whether women will be allowed to serve in combat arms MOSs, they will not receive the associated Ranger skill identifiers or be assigned to Ranger coded units or positions.<\/p>\n

Second, female soldiers can volunteer to serve as observers and advisors to the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade. These slots are open to staff sergeants through master sergeants, chief warrant officers 2 and 3, and first lieutenants through majors.<\/p>\n

These volunteers will not be Ranger instructors, and they won\u2019t evaluate students in the course.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, they’re getting a little ahead of themselves there. First, you have to have females who graduate from the course at the current standards. The test will probably take place in the Spring, according to the article, so they have time to get in shape for it now. I wish them luck, all of the luck in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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