A really good article......
http://sofrep.com/42761/really-happened-women-ranger-school-class-06-15/
Push Hard, Press Forward
Read the article, but some what skeptical. To me, it's an article jumping on the bandwagon that since two females graduated from Ranger School, from now on females attending Ranger school is nothing special (some something similiar). I don't doubt that there will be more females graduating from Ranger school, but the important question is how many more?
Perahps I could be one of those naysayers, but besides pundits, in my small circle of Ranger qualified soldiers I know, we are all neutral or positive about female Ranger students. It is what is, this is not a case of either you are for it or against it. There is a third option - neutral. Or if asking a question is being negative, do we live under a dictatorship - no questioning around or only certain types of questions are allowed.
Someone could chime in if things have changed or not, but I don't recall 12 mile ruck march at Ranger school being an individual event. It was a unit movement and the goals was to finish and not fall behind, so if the claim is a female Ranger student finished "second," either the 12 mile road march has changed or something is being embellished.
Lastly, two female students carrying 240B and Radio doesn't mean other female students did. wo female Ranger students carrying 240B and Radio means they carried more than their share of the squad load. We cannot assume that other female Ranger students also carried more than their share of the squad load. Again, unless things have changed, there are some minor advantages to carrying 240B or Radio as a Ranger student.