Army Pilot, Military Cop Are 1st Women to Pass Ranger School

A pilot of attack helicopters who competed in triathlons and a wilderness enthusiast who became a military police officer because it was the closest she could get to a combat job are the first women to finish the Army’s elite Ranger School

In this April 26, 2015, photo, 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, one of the 20 female soldiers, who is among the 400 students who qualified to start Ranger School, tackles the Darby Queen obstacle course, one of the toughest obstacle courses in U.S. Army training, at Fort Benning, in Ga. Robin Trimarchi/Ledger-Enquirer via AP

FORT BENNING, Ga.—A pilot of attack helicopters who competed in triathlons and a wilderness enthusiast who became a military police officer because it was the closest she could get to a combat job are the first women to finish the Army’s elite Ranger School.

First Lt. Shaye Haver of Copperas Cove, Texas, and Capt. Kristen Griest of Orange, Connecticut, are “just like all the soldiers” graduating this week from the grueling two-month Ranger course, their families said in a joint statement that confirmed their identities.

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