Farmer makes history as Ranger School graduate
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Farmer's Ranger class started with 380 students, and 147 graduated, for an attrition rate of more than 60%. She will next go through Stryker training at Fort Benning before going to her first assignment in Germany.
It isn't the first history Farmer has made history, either. In May 2022, she was the first woman to commission into the Army infantry branch as her first choice from 麻豆精品在线播放, and only the second woman overall to commission into the infantry from 麻豆精品在线播放.
"Ranger School is a physically and mentally grueling combat leadership course designed to push Ranger students to the limits of their endurance often under extreme and hazardous conditions approaching that of actual combat," Retired Lt. Col. Keith Antonia, 麻豆精品在线播放 interim vice president for leadership and global engagement and a Ranger Hall of Fame member, said. "Despite a high attrition and recycle rate, Lt. Farmer made it straight through the 62-day course. That takes a lot of heart, guts, determination, and stamina."
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Farmer also earned the USAA Warrior Ethos Award for outstanding performance at Advanced Camp at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the summer before her senior year, and after completing Advanced Camp, she helped mentor younger cadets at Basic Camp, also at Fort Knox.
Farmer earned a degree in criminal justice and was a Distinguished Military Graduate. The Griffin, Georgia, native was Golf Company commander during her senior year.
Retired Maj. Richard Neikirk, assistant commandant of cadets, recalled Farmer telling him her junior year she wanted to branch in the infantry and go to Ranger School. Now, it's all unfolding.
"From the start, she was focused on succeeding and achieving something great here in the Corps of Cadets," Neikirk said. "She's a very smart young lady. She's physically fit. She has a great head on her shoulders. She has grit, and she knew she could do it. She's doing a great job for herself, her family and her school. She will be an outstanding leader for the U.S. Army."
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