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Two Women Reach The Final Phase Of The U.S. Army Ranger School

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Last weekend, two female officers invited to go through U.S. Army Ranger School, started going through the final phase of the grueling two-month Ranger School. In the final phase, only the swamps at Camp Rudder in Florida stand in the way for them in becoming the first female graduates of the program according to the Army Times.

There were two women officers and 125 men who made it to the 20-day Mountain Phase. One woman and 60 men are said to be "recycled" meaning that they are given the chance to take a second attempt of the Mountain Phase which will take place next weekend, the 8th of August 2015.

The three women started the Mountain Phase last 11 July after three tries with the first phase, called the Darby Phase.  A total of 19 women and 381 male soldiers started Ranger School last April 20 where they first underwent the Ranger Assessment Phase (RAP) week where 9 women passed to go through the first phase.

The Swamp Phase is a 17-day phase, where the students of the Ranger School will undergo waterborne operations, small boat movements and stream crossings with a focus of developing their leadership qualities and small-unit tactics.

All students who pass the third and final phase will graduate from the course and earn the coveted Ranger Tab. Those who passed this class will be seen graduating from Ranger School on the 21st of August at Fort Benning.

In a report at the Washington Post, the female soldiers are attending the Ranger School as part of the Pentagon's ongoing assessment of integrating women in combat roles.  This is a follow-through of the decision by the Pentagon in 2013 to open up all the jobs in the military to women by next year. Certain roles will exempted if the research will show that it is not feasible that women can perform the functions and responsibilities required.

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