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Two women passed the U.S. Army’s Ranger School, one of the most intense and grueling of military programs, reported CBS News.

She is one of two female soldiers scheduled to graduate Friday from Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia. And that’s an extraordinary feat for these two women that they’re graduating.

“Each Ranger School graduate has shown the physical and mental toughness to successfully lead organisations at any level”.

A female soldier crosses the Yellow River on a rope bridge during Ranger School training at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

The two women who passed Ranger School, both officers and West Point graduates who have not yet been identified, have already changed the opinions of some involved in the Ranger course.

“This has been something she’s wanted to do for a long, long time”, Capt. Griest’s older brother, Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mike Griest, said in a phone interview. But for now they’re still unable to join the elite 75th Ranger Regiment based at...

The first women to pass the grueling training course at the U.S. Army’s elite Ranger School said Thursday they hoped their success would open doors for women seeking jobs in frontline combat. It’s a step toward increasing women’s role in war fighting. The...

The first women to ever finish Army Ranger School graduated at Fort Benning on Friday in a well-attended, history-making ceremony that ended a six-decade period of the school being an all-male institution.

“I also know it’s evolutionary, and it’s hopeful”.

The two women – Capt. Kristen Griest of Orange, Conn., and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver of Copperas Cove, Texas – had already served in combat roles.

Retiring Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno expressed his praises to the two female army rangers.

Two female soldiers are making history as the first women to graduate from the Army’s Ranger School, reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.

1st Class Timothy Briggs in April won the Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia, said he was initially opposed to women in the program but has since changed his mind. That stood out to me, and during her patrol she looked strong.

Among those marking the occasion will be Haver’s father, Christopher, a former Apache helicopter pilot and instructor who was once stationed at Fort Rucker with Company A, 1st/14th Aviation Regiment.

The women said they don’t want special treatment.