Are you surprised that the Army moved quickly to have Ranger School open to women?

CPT (Join to see) - As we continue to beat this dead horse, I think it was a foregone conclusion. I have no issue with it, as long as the standards are not lowered to accommodate females. If a female can meet the standards for the course (and that is what it is, a military course), there is no good reason why she should not be able to attend. If she meets the standards, she should be able to graduate and earn the Tab.

Now that all the hype and hysteria is almost over, given that two females have successfully graduated and been awarded the Ranger Tab (and I certainly am not trying to denigrate that super accomplishment -- I am very proud of them for their outstanding accomplishment), people need to realize that these two females are certainly not representative of the vast majority of females who may want to try Ranger School. They were hand-picked and put through much more pre-course training and certification than their male counterparts and, then were followed and observed throughout the course to ensure they were not "disadvantaged" because of their sex. I totally believe that they met all requirements and earned the Tab, but, again, they are not representative of the majority of females in the Army. My concern is that, now that the "glass ceiling" is broken, the Army will be under tremendous pressure to have female Ranger graduates in every class, to preclude being accused of discrimination against women. To accomplish that, it would almost certainly require a reduction in standards for females (or for everyone,so females could graduate). While I hope that is not the case, I am a realist and am pretty positive that is what is going to occur.

PC social engineering, without regard to impact on the military. No news there... just par for the course.

How about get some! Just say:

"The Army just announced that Ranger school will be open to all qualified soldiers."

In my opinion this was already a foregone conclusion unless something awful happened during the first class with the female graduates, which it did not.