Ranger School
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The Ranger School is a 62-day United States Army small unit tactics and leadership course that develops functional skills directly related to units whose mission is to engage the enemy in close combat
An instructor explains abseiling to his students as part of Ranger School training, April 2009.
First graduates of Ranger School (1950).
An Airman 1st Class from the 823rd Base Defense Squadron receives his Ranger Tab after completing Ranger School (April 2011).
MAJ Jaster performs a fireman's carry on a simulated casualty during the first phase of Ranger School. MAJ Jaster was the first female US Army Reserve officer to graduate from the course (October 2015).
Kristen Marie Griest
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Kristen Marie Griest is one of the two first women, along with Shaye Lynne Haver, to graduate from the United States Army Ranger School, which occurred on 21 August 2015. Griest and Haver were ranked
Ranger School
…These individuals completed tasks assigned by cadre instead of taking part in the jumps alongside their classmates. Following the graduation of Captain Kristen Marie Griest and First Lieutenant Shaye Lynne Haver in August 2015, the Army announced that Ranger School would henceforth be open to female students. While…
Cpt. Kristen Griest