U.S. Army First Lt. Shaye Haver, center, and Capt. Kristen Griest, right, pose for photos with other female West Point alumni after an Army Ranger school graduation ceremony, Aug. 21, at Fort Benning, Ga. Haver and Griest became the Army’s first female graduates of the Army’s rigorous Ranger School, putting a spotlight on the debate over women in combat. (John Bazemore, The Associated Press)
Re: “Congrats to Army Ranger women Kristen Griest and Shaye Haver,” Aug. 25 letter to the editor.
I am glad that the two women who recently became Army Rangers are very strong and persistent, but is there not another way to pursue these skills? I consider this kind of accomplishment and membership in the military to be equal access to bad opportunity. It is time to promote women in other sectors of our society and time to decrease the numbers of the entire military — male or female.
Marcia Tewell, Denver
This letter was published in the Aug. 28 edition.
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