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Army Ranger School has a groundbreaking new graduate: Lisa Jaster, 37, engineer and mother
Source: Washington Post
Army Ranger School has a groundbreaking new graduate: Lisa Jaster, 37, engineer and mother
By Dan Lamothe October 12 at 5:17 PM
Late at night while going through preliminary training for the Army’s Ranger School, Maj. Lisa Jaster questioned one of the male soldiers in her class: Why was he so opposed to women being there?
The ensuing conversation at Fort Benning, Ga., took more than an hour, and cut into an already short night of sleep, she recalled in a question-and-answer interview on Facebook with fellow alumnae of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. She brought up the issue while observing that both male Ranger instructors and students were struggling to adapt to the idea the service was opening the legendarily difficult school to women for the first time, she said.
“I asked Johnson, ‘After three days of training with us, can you explain to me why you still think women don’t belong?” she recalled in the Facebook post, since taken down. “I added, I am completely okay if you don’t think women should be here, I just want an educated, civilized discussion that considers the women you have been training with over the past 3 days.”
On Monday, the Army announced that Jaster, 37, has become the third woman to ever complete the Ranger School course. She will join Capt. Kristen Griest, 26, and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, 25, who earned the Ranger tab on Aug. 21. Jaster will join 87 men in receiving the coveted decoration in a ceremony at Fort Benning on Friday. At graduation, Jaster will have spent 180 days in the course — far longer than the minimum 61 it takes, but within the realm of the possible for male or female students.
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By Dan Lamothe October 12 at 5:17 PM
Late at night while going through preliminary training for the Army’s Ranger School, Maj. Lisa Jaster questioned one of the male soldiers in her class: Why was he so opposed to women being there?
The ensuing conversation at Fort Benning, Ga., took more than an hour, and cut into an already short night of sleep, she recalled in a question-and-answer interview on Facebook with fellow alumnae of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. She brought up the issue while observing that both male Ranger instructors and students were struggling to adapt to the idea the service was opening the legendarily difficult school to women for the first time, she said.
“I asked Johnson, ‘After three days of training with us, can you explain to me why you still think women don’t belong?” she recalled in the Facebook post, since taken down. “I added, I am completely okay if you don’t think women should be here, I just want an educated, civilized discussion that considers the women you have been training with over the past 3 days.”
On Monday, the Army announced that Jaster, 37, has become the third woman to ever complete the Ranger School course. She will join Capt. Kristen Griest, 26, and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, 25, who earned the Ranger tab on Aug. 21. Jaster will join 87 men in receiving the coveted decoration in a ceremony at Fort Benning on Friday. At graduation, Jaster will have spent 180 days in the course — far longer than the minimum 61 it takes, but within the realm of the possible for male or female students.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/10/12/army-ranger-school-has-a-groundbreaking-new-graduate-lisa-jaster-37-engineer-and-mother/
Maj. Lisa Jaster carries another soldier on her back at Fort Benning, Ga., on April 26 during
the Army’s Ranger School course. (Photo by Spec. Dacotah Lane/ U.S. Army)
