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Updated: 10:09 PM CST Nov 11, 2021
The first woman has graduated from the U.S. Army's elite sniper school, completing the seven-week course designed to produce "the most feared weapon on the battlefield."The soldier, who enlisted in the Montana National Guard last December, has not been identified.Following her enlistment, she was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, for One Station Unit Training, a 22-week course that combines basic training and infantry skills, the Montana National Guard said. The One Station Unit Training staff noticed her standout results, including qualifying as an expert shooter, and recommended her for sniper school, also at Fort Benning."We are extremely proud of this Soldier's achievement and recognize that this is a milestone for not only Montana, but the entire National Guard and Army," said Maj. Gen. J. Peter Hronek, the adjutant general for Montana, in a statement.Beyond a test of precision shooting, the course also trains soldiers in mission planning, advanced battlefield awareness, complex engagements and more."She arrived prepared for training and physically conditioned to succeed. We are proud of the results of her efforts and the quality training provided by the Sniper Course Cadre," said Capt. David Wright, a battalion commander at the sniper school.Having become the first woman to graduate from the Army's sniper school since its establishment in 1987, the soldier will now join her unit in Montana, the Guard said.Of the 1.3 million members of the active-duty military, only about 17% are women. The Army, Navy and Air Force each have approximately 70,000 women, while the Marine Corps has about 16,000 women, according to data from the Defense Department.Increasingly, women are taking over some of the top jobs in the Defense Department. Kathleen Hicks is the first woman to serve as deputy secretary of defense.Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost became the second woman to lead a combatant command when she took over Transportation Command last month. Two weeks later, Gen. Laura Richardson became commander of Southern Command. They are currently the only female four-star generals in the Defense Department.
The first woman has graduated from the U.S. Army's elite sniper school, completing the seven-week course designed to produce "the most feared weapon on the battlefield."
The soldier, who enlisted in the Montana National Guard last December, has not been identified.
Following her enlistment, she was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, for One Station Unit Training, a 22-week course that combines basic training and infantry skills, the Montana National Guard said. The One Station Unit Training staff noticed her standout results, including qualifying as an expert shooter, and recommended her for sniper school, also at Fort Benning.
"We are extremely proud of this Soldier's achievement and recognize that this is a milestone for not only Montana, but the entire National Guard and Army," said Maj. Gen. J. Peter Hronek, the adjutant general for Montana, in a statement.
Beyond a test of precision shooting, the course also trains soldiers in mission planning, advanced battlefield awareness, complex engagements and more.
"She arrived prepared for training and physically conditioned to succeed. We are proud of the results of her efforts and the quality training provided by the Sniper Course Cadre," said Capt. David Wright, a battalion commander at the sniper school.
Having become the first woman to graduate from the Army's sniper school since its establishment in 1987, the soldier will now join her unit in Montana, the Guard said.
Of the 1.3 million members of the active-duty military, only about 17% are women. The Army, Navy and Air Force each have approximately 70,000 women, while the Marine Corps has about 16,000 women, according to data from the Defense Department.
Increasingly, women are taking over some of the top jobs in the Defense Department. Kathleen Hicks is the first woman to serve as deputy secretary of defense.
Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost became the second woman to lead a combatant command when she took over Transportation Command last month. Two weeks later, Gen. Laura Richardson became commander of Southern Command. They are currently the only female four-star generals in the Defense Department.
Patriots Show Glimpses Of Potential In Improving To 5-1
Nov. 30—Zach Dragoo can see, even early in the season, that the Arts and Sciences boys' basketball team has massive potential.
After all, the Patriots have a 6-foot-7 versatile big man in Louis Bell to go along with a crafty and explosive point guard in Jarius Cameron and one of the area's top rising scoring threats in Justin Brown.
Despite CSAS improving to 5-1 overall on the season with Monday's 74-57 home victory over Grace Academy, their head coach seeks more out of a talented group which has plenty of weapons including 3-point sniper Chase Pride.
"We are extremely blessed with a bunch that I would put up against anybody," Dragoo said. "But we are not playing basketball the right way all the time. We need to be accountable with each other. We need to take our game to another level. That means guys coming out of their comfort zones to lead this team and help us play a complete game. So far this season we have only been good in spurts."
The Patriots showed their elite potential early as they jumped out to a 17-6 lead in which Cameron had a pair of sharp assists to Pride for two of his game-high four 3-pointers. Brown had one of his four steals lead to a fastbreak dunk while Bell swatted away a shot that landed at midcourt for easy transition points.
However, Grace Academy did not back down as Mason Long made tough buckets seemingly all evening on his way to finishing with 18 points. Cooper Knecht's shot off the glass gave the Golden Eagles a 20-19 lead two minutes into the second quarter.
CSAS built a 37-22 halftime lead with Brown's help.
The talented 6-foot-3 guard scored 10 of his game-high 20 points in the second quarter in which he added his second dunk and made six consecutive free throws. Pride had 14 points while Bell added 10 in the victory. Eli Ibrahim scored 13 points for the Golden Eagles who could not put defensive stops together late.
Girls' results
Notre Dame 65, Central 21: Emily Steere made four second-half 3-pointers to finish with a game-high 16 points for the Lady Irish who also got 11 points from Dayonna Perryman and 10 from Kenzie Campbell.
Chattooga 50, Gordon Lee 48: Naveah Morgan had 16 points, with 10 coming in the third period, as the Lady Indians won the nonregion game. Sada Williams added 10 points for Chattooga, while Emma McGraw led Gordon Lee with a game-high 25 points, with 14 coming in the third quarter.
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