3 Women Remain on Army Ranger School Course

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from C. Todd Lopez and the Army News Service:

Despite setbacks, three female Soldiers continue the challenge to make it through Army Ranger School.

Those three women were among eight, who were attempting for the second time to pass the first phase of the course, called the “Darby phase.” Of those eight, five were dropped and sent back to their units. The three were recycled back to the beginning of Ranger school in what is known as a “Day One Recycle.”

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Soldiers, subject to a Day One Recycle, will restart the entire Ranger course, to include repeating the four-day Ranger assessment phase week at Camp Rogers.

Of the 19 women who started Ranger school on April 20, as part of the Ranger Course 06-15, only those three women remain. April 20 was the first time, which women were allowed into the course.

The move, to assess female Soldier performance in the Ranger course, is part of an ongoing Army effort called “Soldier 2020.” That effort is meant to allow the Army’s best-qualified Soldiers the opportunity to serve in any position, where they are capable of performing …read more

Source:: Tactical Life