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Women Enroll In Army's Toughest Training

WUNC | By Will Michaels,
Frank Stasio
Published April 28, 2015 at 12:22 PM EDT
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This month, 19 women began the course to become Army Rangers at Ft. Benning, Ga.

It marks the first time females have been permitted to train for the special operations team. 

Under current military policy, women are still not allowed to serve in the Ranger regiment. The Pentagon is trying to determine whether women can handle the Army's toughest training. 

Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC military reporter Jay Price about the Army's newest assessment of female soldiers.

This U.S. Army video shows Ranger candidates during their training, including the water confidence test.

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Will Michaels
Will Michaels is WUNC's Weekend Host and Reporter.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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