There have been critics from the very beginning who didn’t think women should be allowed to enter Ranger School alongside their male counterparts — arguing that if they were included, standards would drop. That in order for these women to…
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Army pilot, military cop are 1st women to pass Ranger School
SAVANNAH, Ga. — An Apache helicopter pilot from Texas and a military police officer from Connecticut are the first women to complete the Army’s grueling Ranger School, families of the soldiers confirmed Wednesday. Capt. Kristen Griest of Orange, Connecticut, and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver of Copperas Cove, Texas, were scheduled to graduate Friday alongside 94 malesoldiers at Fort Benning, Georgia. In…
Army Golden Knight Soldier dies in skydiving accident
Aug. 17–WARRENSBURG — The nine-member Golden Knights’ Black Demonstration Team lost a member, Sgt. First Class Corey Hood, Cincinnati, Ohio, in a skydiving mishap at the Chicago Air and Water Show on Sunday. Reports state Hood collided with a Navy…
44 U.S. Soldiers Struck by Lightning in Ranger School, Hospitalized
A series of lightning strikes injured 17 U.S. Army Ranger School students and two instructors on Wednesday while they were training at Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle. Nine students and two instructors were reportedly still hospitalized Thursday…
Soldier shot dead outside of his Tennessee home, manhunt underway
A search is underway for the suspects who gunned down a Ft. Campbell soldier right in front of his house early Sunday morning. Police in Montgomery County, Tennessee have very few leads in this case and are asking for the…
U.S. Army helicopter crashes on Navy ship in Japan
TOKYO — A U.S. Army helicopter crashed while landing on a Navy ship Wednesday off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, injuring seven people and damaging the aircraft, officials said. The H-60 helicopter made a hard landing on the USNS Red…
