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    For First Time in Decades, Female Soldier Completes Final Phase of Special Forces Tra

    For First Time in Decades, Female Soldier Completes Final Phase of Special Forces Training

    The training is over, but the course isn't. Next comes evaluations and counseling. Not all who actually complete the training are allowed to graduate from the course.

    A female National Guard soldier has successfully completed the final stage of the Army's Special Forces Qualification Course (Q Course), but she's not a Green Beret yet.


    The soldier finished the grueling three-week evaluation known as Robin Sage this week, but she is still in the final counseling phase, in which she and other students receive evaluations from course staff, Lt. Col. Loren Bymer, spokesman for U.S. Army Special Operations Command, told Military.com on Thursday.

    "She is not a graduate yet," Bymer said. "She is still a student in the course, and until she graduates, she is not a Green Beret."
    It's unclear when the counseling phase will be complete.
    The current female candidate is not the only woman, however, to have made it this far in Green Beret training. Then-Capt. Kathleen Wilder previously made it through the Q Course in the 1980s, but was not allowed to graduate with the rest of the students, Bymer said.


    SOFREP recently reported that the female soldier had completed Robin Sage and made history by completing Special Forces training.


    USASOC would not provide any details about the soldier's identity.


    "We do not release information about Special Forces candidates or recent graduates due to operational and personal security reasons," Bymer said.


    Becoming the first female to don the coveted green beret would be a major milestone for women breaking into ground combat roles previously reserved for male soldiers. Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta started the process by lifting the ban on women serving in combat roles in 2013.


    The 53-week Q Course is made up of six phases and includes training in small-unit tactics, combat marksmanship, advanced Special Forces tactics, language training and unconventional warfare.


    Robin Sage, the culminating field exercise of the course, drops soldiers into a fictional setting at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, that focuses on unconventional warfare.
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    Changes Are Coming For the Special Forces Qualification ...

    https://sofrep.com/specialoperations/changes-are...
    Course Is to Be Shortened to 24 Weeks We’ve been expecting change to the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) for some time now. The course is and "Reduce the total training



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    December 01, 2017 Peter Reid The U.S. Army’s Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS) has launched an investigation into allegations that Army leadership are lowering training standards at the school, following a mass email from an anonymous Special Forces instructor that was made public, according to a report.



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    Dec 15, 2017 · It charges that the Green Beret command at its Fort Bragg, N.C., school has lowered training standards and graduated Green Berets who are “markedly and demonstrably weaker; and quantifiably projecting measurable risk and liability onto the teammates with which they serve.” It is signed: “A concerned Green Beret.”



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    I need to see her do 100 pushups and 100 sit-ups in 2 mins.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    Changes Are Coming For the Special Forces Qualification ...

    https://sofrep.com/specialoperations/changes-are...
    Course Is to Be Shortened to 24 Weeks We’ve been expecting change to the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) for some time now. The course is and "Reduce the total training



    US Army launches probe into Special Forces school after ...

    https://americanmilitarynews.com/2017/12/us-army...
    December 01, 2017 Peter Reid The U.S. Army’s Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS) has launched an investigation into allegations that Army leadership are lowering training standards at the school, following a mass email from an anonymous Special Forces instructor that was made public, according to a report.



    U.S. Army Green Berets Accused From Within Of Lowering ...

    https://www.wabe.org/u-s-army-green-berets-accused...
    Dec 15, 2017 · It charges that the Green Beret command at its Fort Bragg, N.C., school has lowered training standards and graduated Green Berets who are “markedly and demonstrably weaker; and quantifiably projecting measurable risk and liability onto the teammates with which they serve.” It is signed: “A concerned Green Beret.”



    27 Candid Concerns From Special Forces Troops About Women ...

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/27-candid-concerns...
    Dec 15, 2015 · The research, conducted by Rand National Defense Research Institute in 2014, includes interviews from over 7,600 elite combat troops that work in Special Forces divisions such as the Navy SEALs, the Air Force and Army Green Berets. According to the survey, 85 percent of survey participants opposed allowing women into their specialty and 71 percent opposed allowing women in their unit.


    I need to see her do 100 pushups and 100 sit-ups in 2 mins.
    I have served with two female officers that could do that. But that is nothing compared to rucking 100+ pounds.

    SF command claims they are shortening qualification and leaving some specialized training to the SF units. The SF units think it is a bad idea. Especially with the current OPTEMPO.

    The Seals did this several years ago, and it has caused a lot of friction between the older and younger Seals.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I have served with two female officers that could do that. But that is nothing compared to rucking 100+ pounds.

    SF command claims they are shortening qualification and leaving some specialized training to the SF units. The SF units think it is a bad idea. Especially with the current OPTEMPO.

    The Seals did this several years ago, and it has caused a lot of friction between the older and younger Seals.
    They gave the women going for Ranger special treatment. SF and Seals is no different. There are many Rangers that can't make SF or Seal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    They gave the women going for Ranger special treatment. SF and Seals is no different. There are many Rangers that can't make SF or Seal.
    It is a different skill set.

    Now Rangers make up the majority of Delta.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    It is a different skill set.

    Now Rangers make up the majority of Delta.
    Of course Seals and Delta are next. Then SAS in the UK.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    Of course Seals and Delta are next. Then SAS in the UK.
    Do you think the SAS will puss out?

    It has been rumored that Delta uses women for specific functions. Of course they don't go through the operator school.
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    I need to see a picture of her.. If she is hot I am good with her being in any unit. But she needs to be hot
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    Quote Originally Posted by Admiral Ackbar View Post
    I need to see a picture of her.. If she is hot I am good with her being in any unit. But she needs to be hot
    You won't see a pic of her unless she is not selected. OPSEC
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