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Sat Sep 13, 2014, 08:57 AM Sep 2014

Milestone for women: Army could admit female soldiers to Ranger School next spring

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/09/12/3375911/female-soldiers-could-get-a-shot.html?sp=/99/296/331/354/



Ranger students from Charlie Company, 5th Ranger Training Battalion do pull-ups before breakfast at "Mountain Phase" on March 22, 2014. 5th Ranger Training Battalion conducts the Mountain Phase of Ranger School in vicinity of Camp Frank D. Merrill at Fort Benning, Georgia. During this phase in their training, the students are only served one meal from the dining facility a day.

Milestone for women: Army could admit female soldiers to Ranger School next spring
By Adam Ashton
Staff writer
September 12, 2014 Updated 19 hours ago

After 32 rejections, Lt. Della Smith-Del Rosario might finally get permission to attend the Army’s grueling Ranger School.

She’s been trying to get into the school — one of the military’s most intense proving grounds — for years, but she’s been blocked by a policy barring women from attending the two-month Ranger training course at Georgia’s Fort Benning.

Friday, the Army announced it’s seeking female candidates for the spring 2015 Ranger School course. By January, the Army will announce whether it will admit female soldiers to the program.

It’s a milestone in the Army’s integration of women into more front-line combat positions that some hope will lead to female soldiers gaining more opportunities to serve in elite Special Operations units, such as the Army Rangers.
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