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The 75th Ranger Regiment Is No Longer an All-Male Unit
Task & Purpose | Jan 19, 2017 | by Marty Skovlund Jr.
This article originally appeared onTask & Purpose, a digital news and culture publication dedicated to military and veterans issues.
The 75th Ranger Regiment has been a boys-only club since its inception. That just changed.
As you head south on Fort Benning, Georgia's Sightseeing Road, you'll pass El Zapata's Mexican restaurant before moving uphill, where you'll come across a long fence that obscures the view of prying eyes. Although the simple chain link fence, woven with strips of brown material, may intrigue some passersby, the men of the 75th Ranger Regiment call it home. Now, for the first in history, a female Ranger will join them.
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