and these coup of dozen advisers i thought it was a typo when i saw it. when they said, 12 to 24, up to 50. i thought 50,000? no, 12 to 4, that s it. single individuals, advisory role north combat role. you don t buy that. no. i mean, if it s not combat boots-what is it? is chuck taylor order flip-flops? they re combat boots in other words, you think they are in danger and they re in a combat situation where you call it that or not. exactly. if you put a group of 50 special operators on the ground and everybody is starting to i guess get the number the their head that 50 is a low number. i don t recall doing a mission with anything more than 50 guys, and we dade lot. look at the 75th ranger regiment, continue obviously deployed and has killed and capturer more targets than in the other special operations unit. with 50 guys you can do a lot of
commander of the airborne and ranger training brigade. each and every one was treated as a ranger. it didn t matter if they were a male or female, they were treated the same. i d be proud to serve along each and every one of the ranger graduates tomorrow in combat or elsewhere. the women impressed me. they met the standard and they are ranger qualified individuals. despite the honor, despite all they endured, the two women cannot aemploy to join the 75th ranger regiment, an elite special ops force. women are not allowed to apply and serve in position that would put them in direct frontline combat. a u.s. army spokesperson told us in 2013 then defense secretary leon panetta, formally lifted the official ban on women in combat. however, all branches of the military have until january 1, 2016, to decide which position, if any, they want to keep off limits to women. despite being barred from combat
soldiers. both women will now return to their posts which they held prior to training because they are not allowed to apply to the 75th ranger regiment because that s a combat regiment becaus that is a combat unit. but they will have this badge as we mentioned, the ranger badge they earned and we should point out they nay may not be the only women for long. one other women is currently in school. and if she completes the current phase she s in, sthooel graduate next month. second week of the nfl pre season. concussions again grabbing head lines. robert griffin suffered a concussion in last night s game after getting hit in the head on this play there. the nfl saying it is trying to make the game safer for players. and officials note that recorded concussions were actually down 25% last season. but researchers are still concerned the constant hits to a players head throughout the game could lead to more severe problems even later in life.
tougher about what lies ahead for these two women. the army at ft. benning at this hour very much getting ready for this graduation ceremony for both of these women. this, of course, comes against the backdrop of the pentagon about to make some decisions by the end of the year about what jobs in combat can actually be opened up to women. as you see some of the pictures of the demonstrations of what rangers do in their training. they have passed ranger school, but still to be decided can they join the 75th ranger regiment in the field and go into front line combat positions? a lot of curiosity i think about how the men in the ranger class felt about working with these women, and i want you to listen to what one of these young male rangers had to say about his female counterpart. there was one night we were doing a long walk. i was the 320 gunner so i had a
deal with our enemies and potential enemies. without that, we re going to rely exclusively on the military of treatment in power and we already know, especially those feel who have studied it and been in combat, we already know the military power of alone is not sufficient to guarantee security. i m going to switch subjects. the army ranger school is about to graduate two women. listen to this first. clearly these two soldiers are trail blazers. and after all, that s what it means to be a ranger, rangers lead the way. these recent graduates will be leaders of our army, of our force of the future, and like every ranger serving today, they will help lead the finest fighting force the world has ever known. all right, secretary of defence there ash carter moments ago. as you know here, colonel, even after they do graduate they will not become members of the 75th