Women in Ranger School, what else can they do?

2015-05-09T17:07:51-04:00

The big question on RP seems to be how many women will pass Ranger School?
Perhaps that is the wrong question. The right questions is what can women do that men cannot. They can go unnoticed; appear to be a non threat to the enemy. I will give you a great example, Virginia Hall. She was a spy during WWII she disguised herself as a reporter and collected intelligence on the Nazi’s

Please read the following then comment.
http://americacomesalive.com/2012/03/12/virginia-hall-1906-1982-world-war-ii-spy-for-the-allies/#.VU52hZOYFpk

Virginia Hall (1906-1982), World War II Spy for the Allies - America Comes Alive

Virginia Hall was born in 1906 in Baltimore, Maryland to a well-to-do family. She attended Radcliffe and Barnard Colleges, completing part of her education in Europe. She was fluent in French and German and found jobs at several American embassies, and she became intent on getting a job with the U.S. State Department so she could continue her career in foreign service.

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made May 9 at 2015 5:57 PM

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When my daughter was little, she had this poster on the wall in her bedroom ...

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made May 9 at 2015 6:02 PM

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Margaret A. Brewer made history on May 11, 1978 when she became the first female general officer in the Marine Corps.

http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2013/01/woman-of-many-firsts-first-marine-female-general-blazed-trail-for-others-to-follow/

First Female Marine General Blazed Trail for Women in Corps | DoDLive

Brig. Gen. Margaret A. Brewer, the first woman to be promoted to Brigadier General in the Marine Corps, passed away Jan. 2.

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made May 9 at 2015 6:44 PM

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In 1983, astronaut and astrophysicist Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride

Sally Ride - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951– July 23, 2012) was an American physicist and astronaut. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. She remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32.[1][2] After flying twice on the Orbiter Challenger, she left NASA in 1987. She worked for two years at Stanford University's Center for International...

Response by PFC Tuan Trang made May 9 at 2015 6:46 PM

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I think they can do anything when they put they mind and soul in to it.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 9 at 2015 8:10 PM

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They can rain artillery on the British after watching their husbands get killed. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/462024/Molly-Pitcher

Molly Pitcher | biography - American patriot

Heroine of the Battle of Monmouth Court House during the American Revolution. According to legend, at the Battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778), Mary Hays, wife of artilleryman William...

Response by LTC Stephen C. made May 9 at 2015 8:21 PM

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It's a good topic, SSG John Erny. Please check out Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member's discussion thread "Celebrating the Military's Women", link provided below. You will see many accomplishments of many great women.

https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/celebrating-the-military-s-women

Celebrating The Military’s Women | RallyPoint

This Veteran's Day, I am thinking about the incredible women in the military that inspire me. Admiral Michelle Howard, the highest-ranking woman in Naval history. Maj. M.J. Hegar, a commander of an Air National Guard helicopter who completed over a hundred search-and-rescue missions in Afghanistan. But most of all, it is the women in my unit who show me what females in the military can achieve. Historically, war was what defined manhood. But...

Response by COL Charles Williams made May 10 at 2015 12:32 AM

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SSG John Erny Women can do anything, and the ceiling gets higher every day. I think the only concern with Ranger school WRT is maintaining the sanctity of the standards. That is certain jobs and skills need specific standards regardless of gender. Women have come a long way.

1. On the morning of July 7, 1976, 119 women joined the Corps of Cadets, establishing the first class of females at The United States Military Academy at West Point. Of those, 62 women walked across Michie Stadium to graduate in May 1980, becoming second lieutenants in the Army, and making history in the process.

2. Major General Mary E. Clarke served as the first woman Commandant of the MP School and Commanding General of Fort McClellan (1978-1980), the first woman officer ever to command a major U.S. Army installation.

3. Kim Nichole Reed-Campbell is an officer and Senior Pilot in the U.S. Air Force, and believed to the be first female USAF pilot to fly CAS. She was decorated for piloting her A-10 Thunderbolt II back to base in southern Iraq after taking heavy anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) damage in aerial combat over Baghdad during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

4. Ann Elizabeth Dunwoody is a retired general of the United States Army. She was the first woman in U.S. military and uniformed service history to achieve a four-star officer rank, receiving her fourth star on November 14, 2008. TSgt Hunter Logan SGT Private RallyPoint Member PV2 Private RallyPoint Member CPT Private RallyPoint Member.

Please share. There are some amazing women in our Military.

Response by LTC Stephen C. made May 10 at 2015 12:15 PM

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SSG John Erny, here's SPC Jeff Daley, PhD's link regarding women in combat.

https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/were-us-women-in-combat

Were US Women in Combat? | RallyPoint

We discussed women in combat to some degree with an eye for women serving is direct combat. I suggest many have held that status today. Proof is the women amputees that I work with at the VA that either flew, or were on trucks hit by IED’s. Even during a war many years ago in Vietnam it was thought that women should not and were not in combat. I would suggest that if you’re in country, you’re exposed to enemy fire, or harm that can...

Response by Col Private RallyPoint Member made May 10 at 2015 10:26 PM

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They can do whatever they want, and set their minds to do. And I support them 100%

Response by SGT Anthony Rossi made May 12 at 2015 8:39 PM

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I know I'm in the minority. However, I personaly think placing women in combat rolls is the wrong move. Once the Nfl drafts a female football player I will gladly change my opinion. I'm not trying to upset anyone. It's just my opinion based on our traditions. I don't believe in adjusting standards for the exception.

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, -Numbers 1:1
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; -Numbers 1:2
From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. -Numbers 1:3

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made May 20 at 2015 12:59 PM

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Kurdish women can create an female infantry brigade that can go toe to toe with ISIS.

Response by COL Jeff Williams made May 20 at 2015 1:00 PM

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I think they can do just about anything within their own personal limits and the same goes for men

Response by LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow made Aug 18 at 2015 5:02 PM

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In the news today was the report that two of the women LTs who restarted Ranger Basic passed this time. Certainly going through in the summer in Ft Benning is grueling... So congrats to them, but...

Will the Army give them ARCOMS for this?

Response by SFC James Needles made Nov 8 at 2015 12:41 PM

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Is Sapper School next, SF, Delta? Did the Navy hint at the possibility of Diving schools and SEAL Training? There are already Female fighter pilots and other types of Aviators out there. it will be interesting to see what the future brings

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 9 at 2015 1:28 PM

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what ever they want !!