Lieutenant Shaye Haver and Captain Kristen Griest faced all the same combat, survival and stamina challenges as the 94 men also pinning the Ranger tab on their fatigues.
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Friday's ceremony was also attended by the families of the graduates and by the new US army chief of staff, General Mark Milley, and by General Austin Miller, whose command oversees Ranger School.
Miller dismissed allegations that trainers had been under pressure to lower standards or give women trainees an easier ride.
"A five-mile (eight-kilometer) run is still a five-mile run," he said, insisting he had been under no pressure from his superiors. "Time standards have not been adjusted."
