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America is about to get its first female Green Beret. The Army opened all combat positions to women in 2016, but no woman had completed both the Special Forces Assessment and Selection course and the year-long Qualification Course. Now, one finally will.
A former Green Beret says the Army has lowered standards. In 2017, he wrote an anonymous letter accusing the Army of “willful mediocrity” and making “student failure nigh impossible.” The result, he said, was Special Forces that are “markedly and demonstrably weaker.” He specifically said that the Army was doing this to “[pave] the way for the first female Green Beret.” “What they [Army brass] want,” the letter said, “is to markedly lower the standards enough to ensure that any woman attempting this path will have absolutely no issue achieving it.” The letter named names and gave examples. ...
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