As the Pentagon weighs a decision on allowing women to serve in combat jobs long held by men only ... first women to wear the Army’s coveted Ranger tab when they graduate alongside 94 male ...

“It was hard because it was the first time I was away from my family for that long. The training was different ... Cammenga’s journey to earning the Ranger tab began with rigorous RTAC training.

The debates about women in combat arms are long and energized ... of the small percentage of soldiers who wear the coveted Ranger Tab, then you need to know your tactics, know yourself, and ...

Army officials long have insisted that the standards have ... Soldiers who have earned Ranger Tabs, male or female, are not automatically part of the regiment, which has its own requirements ...

Chelsey Hibsch became the first female airman to earn the coveted Ranger tab on Aug. 30 at Fort Benning ... endured the challenging, two-month-long course after competing in the Ranger Assessment ...

Students spend long hours walking with heavy gear ... “And of course, he can wear the well-deserved Ranger Tab on his shoulder.” Now, so can she.

In order to earn that tab, you have to do all the things ... same standards as the male Ranger students.” The Ranger course is 62 days long. The Ranger test is also being closely watched in ...

And they know that.” The months-long course (at least 62 days) is so demanding that only 3 percent of Army soldiers complete it to earn the Ranger Tab. The physical requirements of the first ...

Bass said earning the Ranger tab means Hopes will get more opportunities ... Ranger School is held at Fort Benning, Georgia, and is 62 days long. Sometimes Soldiers get "recycled," which means ...

Then Janowski remembered hitting a mental wall during an exhausting night movement in Mountain Phase, about half way through the two-month long school ... the coveted Ranger Tab, a hard-won ...

The first test a soldier has to take to earn a Ranger tab just got harder — unless you ... Fitness injuries have long been among the more common injuries suffered by soldiers.