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Developing now, a live look at the army ranger graduation ceremony. just under way minutes ago in ft. benning, georgia, history about to be made as captain kristen greist and first lieutenant shaye haver become the first women ever to graduate from the elite ranger school. 400 soldiers, including 19 women, started the grueling training in april. just 19 soldiers completed that full course. despite graduating and earning that coveted tab, greist and v haver are still barred from being in combat because they are women. they have given military chiefs until october 1st to tell him which remain closed to women and giving justification for ex clusd them. this comes two years after leon panetta lifted the band on women in policy rules set to take place on january 1st. ....
Can ask for an exemption. if they don t or if the defense department doesn t grant it, then technically the s.e.a.l.s will open up to women in january. that doesn t mean women will be reporting to s.e.a.l. units immediately or that they ll be reporting to the s.e.a.l.s qualification course immediately. the navy hasn t yet said what their timeline is for that. tell me something we don t know about captain kristen greist and lieutenant shaye haver who are making history. something we don t know. i think they re west point graduates, and it s not a surprise to anybody who has been to west point or who has been to ranger school that they were the first ones. because west point, the training there is extremely grueling. those women have already proved themselves in so many ways just getting through that and going into the jobs that they chose. so if it was going to be anybody, a west point graduate is a good bet for somebody who is going to get through ranger school. all right. than ....