Female National Guard Soldiers Become First 2 Women to Graduate Army Ranger School

Sgt. Brian Calhoun/South Carolina National Guard/U.S. Army National Guard

Two United States Army soldiers have become the first women enlisted with the National Guard to graduate from Army Ranger School.

Sergeant Danielle Farber and Staff Sergeant Jessica Smiley graduated Ranger School at Fort Benning in Georgia on Dec. 13, 2019. Both women represent the National Guard, Farber for Pennsylvania, Smiley for South Carolina.