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Army opens Ranger school to women
Breitbart/AP ^ | 9/19/2014 | staff

Posted on 09/19/2014 1:20:15 PM PDT by bkopto

The U.S. Army is opening the door for women to go to Ranger school.

It's one of the first steps in the broader effort to allow women to begin moving into more grueling combat jobs.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: fail; fairness; militarywomen; ranger; specialforces; usarmy; womenincombat
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To: bkopto

A waste of money. Good luck getting one to finish (unless they water down the standards foar a special “Rangerette” tab)


61 posted on 09/19/2014 2:16:34 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: Argus

The U.S. Marines could have used them in the long “Advance in another direction” from the frozen, snow covered Yalu River. I’m sure it was a pleasant walk from the Yalu to the port of Hungnam and evacuation.. Boy, what a SARC)


62 posted on 09/19/2014 2:17:56 PM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf ( N.Y. TIMES: "We print the news as it fits our views.")
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To: bkopto

So they will waste slots on woman in order to prove they are politically correct.

Wonderful.


63 posted on 09/19/2014 2:20:17 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: jsanders2001
Give’m the opportunity and let them flunk out.

There will be a different standard applied to their qualification..........

64 posted on 09/19/2014 2:28:31 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz bro......)
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To: bkopto

I blame Hollywood for making a fictional kickass women characters. So many have watched a woman on tv take down 5 huge guys, not break a sweat, pick up a gun and keep fighting. Never mentioning a woman havinga menstrual cycle or possibly being pregnant when its time to go on a mission.


65 posted on 09/19/2014 2:30:22 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: bkopto

I saw an article that ISIS men were shaking thinking they might be killed by a woman. There would be no virgins for the they would go strait to hell.


66 posted on 09/19/2014 2:33:12 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: BruceS
G.I. Jane was a myth concocted by the Hollyweird idiots. Demi Moore would not have made it through the first day in BUD/S (basic underwater/SEAL) training. The three phases of SEAL training last nearly year and graduate 20% or less of the people starting the class. There was one class that had a 100% attrition rate and graduated no one! SEAL operators are as good as they are because they are motivated along with the obvious need for fitness and physical strength. Any woman that wants to try — no waivers allowed — good luck.
67 posted on 09/19/2014 2:34:56 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: Cecily
"They need the woman who threw a long table at some melee and caught a metal folding chair with one hand (the gif gets posted here occasionally). She could probably handle herself in the Rangers." I love that video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xaV-u7-pTA
68 posted on 09/19/2014 2:35:46 PM PDT by Syntyr (Happiness is two at low eight!)
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To: bkopto

Settled science: women are the same as men. You can decide what your sex is.


69 posted on 09/19/2014 2:40:11 PM PDT by all the best
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70 posted on 09/19/2014 2:45:27 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: yarddog

That is the normal way of killing a chicken. That is not the Ranger Way which is a brutal, grotesque way of killing a chicken.

A buddy of mine who got his tab in 68 said that the cadre devised this method in Ranger School to wean out the squeamish students.


71 posted on 09/19/2014 2:48:41 PM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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To: jsanders2001

Doubt there is a woman who could physically handle the first day or even qualify. This is more Marxism in the military.

Pray America wakes


72 posted on 09/19/2014 3:01:28 PM PDT by bray (Read: Republic of Texas 2022)
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To: bkopto
feh...
73 posted on 09/19/2014 3:05:58 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: bkopto

Standing in an elevator with Ray Rice is terrible, but joining the Rangers is fine?


74 posted on 09/19/2014 3:07:58 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: jsanders2001

Only if that is allowed to happen, which I seriously doubt. I expect standards will be lowered again and again until many women can succeed. I imagine we will have female Rangers outdoing males and our wonderful media will not tell us they have different qualifications. I just hope and pray this can be undone by a future administration, but it is usually impossible to put the horse back in the barn.


75 posted on 09/19/2014 3:15:09 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: bkopto

i wonder if this is being done b/c the libtards figure when cwii hits patriots will be less inclined to fire on female imperial troopers.


76 posted on 09/19/2014 3:18:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MasterGunner01

Yes that woman beating up men, scene is getting so common that it is obvious they are pushing an agenda.


77 posted on 09/19/2014 3:18:47 PM PDT by yarddog (G)
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To: RginTN

I have noticed that these Hollywood fantasies always perform their feats in 4-inch heels, too.


78 posted on 09/19/2014 3:35:13 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: Uncle Lonny

Rangers train for an entire month on 1 MRE a day. My friends that earned their tab each lost at least 30 pounds. I weasel encouraged to go after Airborne school. I’m not a runner, can’t run six miles in thirty minutes.


79 posted on 09/19/2014 3:36:36 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi!)
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To: Night Hides Not

“Weasel” s/b ‘was’...damn phone.


80 posted on 09/19/2014 3:39:49 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi!)
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