Female Ranger Students and the Pink Ranger Tab Cake

  On Tuesday the Ranger Training Brigade on Ft. Benning held an informal ceremony and party to thank and say goodbye to all the female Observers and Advisors that have been there since November 2014. Each O/A was given a plaque and a piece of pink Ranger tab cake. The purpose of the O/As was […]

Female Kurdish Snipers Cut ISIS Down to Size

In an abandoned luxury apartment building in Til Kocher, Syria, a group of young women laugh, sing songs, and prepare chai tea for their guests. In the adjacent room is an arsenal of weapons ranging from American M4 rifles to Hungarian-made Dragunovs and locally manufactured Zagrov .50-caliber sniper rifles. The cheerful young women enjoying their […]

Women Now Eligible to Join Australia’s Special Operations Command

The removal of gender restrictions gained momentum in 2011 after Defence personnel were embroiled in a number of high-profile scandals. The scandals and allegations involved the sexual humiliation and denigration of both male and female ADF employees across all three services.

Ranger School, Ranger Battalion, and Female Rangers…The Facts

There is a BIG misconception that a Ranger is a Ranger. “I have a Ranger Tab, I’m a Ranger!” Negative! You are Ranger-qualified. Not saying that those who graduate Ranger School shouldn’t be proud of their accomplishment, it’s a tough school. That being said, it is just a school. Ranger School is a 62-day leadership […]