Emelie Vanasse

I put on a ruck that weighed 130 pounds, and I crawled up a mountain on my hands and knees. I hallucinated a donut shop in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains and I cried one morning when someone told me I had to get out of my sleeping bag. But I think all of those experiences are such like quintessential ranger school experiences. They're what everyone kind of goes through there.

The point of the school is that failure, that suffering. It's not inherently bad, right? In a way, I like to think like ranger school was the most simplistic form. of gender integration that ever could have happened because if I was contributing to the team, there was no individual out there that really had the luxury of disliking or excluding me.

The point of the school is that failure, that suffering. It's not inherently bad, right? In a way, I like to think like ranger school was the most simplistic form. of gender integration that ever could have happened because if I was contributing to the team, there was no individual out there that really had the luxury of disliking or excluding me.

The point of the school is that failure, that suffering. It's not inherently bad, right? In a way, I like to think like ranger school was the most simplistic form. of gender integration that ever could have happened because if I was contributing to the team, there was no individual out there that really had the luxury of disliking or excluding me.

I think it was just once at ranger school. Yeah. Damn. It was a cold morning and I just really didn't want to get out of my... It had been like 10 minutes of sleep and I was like, no, please, 10 more minutes. But you did it. You just did it. And then you kept going. Well, you just did it.

I think it was just once at ranger school. Yeah. Damn. It was a cold morning and I just really didn't want to get out of my... It had been like 10 minutes of sleep and I was like, no, please, 10 more minutes. But you did it. You just did it. And then you kept going. Well, you just did it.

I think it was just once at ranger school. Yeah. Damn. It was a cold morning and I just really didn't want to get out of my... It had been like 10 minutes of sleep and I was like, no, please, 10 more minutes. But you did it. You just did it. And then you kept going. Well, you just did it.

I don't think I ever really considered quitting at Ranger School. I just knew that it was something that I could get through and had, like, the confidence to continue. I think I had a thought going in of, like, what could be so bad that would make me quit? And, like, the answer that I found throughout the school was nothing.

I don't think I ever really considered quitting at Ranger School. I just knew that it was something that I could get through and had, like, the confidence to continue. I think I had a thought going in of, like, what could be so bad that would make me quit? And, like, the answer that I found throughout the school was nothing.

I don't think I ever really considered quitting at Ranger School. I just knew that it was something that I could get through and had, like, the confidence to continue. I think I had a thought going in of, like, what could be so bad that would make me quit? And, like, the answer that I found throughout the school was nothing.

No, never. I did the same thing that the men did. I did the same ranger physical fitness test that all the men took. I ran five miles in 40 minutes. I did 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups, six pull-ups. I rocked 12 miles in three hours with a 45-pound rock. I climbed the same mountains. I carried the same stuff.

No, never. I did the same thing that the men did. I did the same ranger physical fitness test that all the men took. I ran five miles in 40 minutes. I did 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups, six pull-ups. I rocked 12 miles in three hours with a 45-pound rock. I climbed the same mountains. I carried the same stuff.

No, never. I did the same thing that the men did. I did the same ranger physical fitness test that all the men took. I ran five miles in 40 minutes. I did 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups, six pull-ups. I rocked 12 miles in three hours with a 45-pound rock. I climbed the same mountains. I carried the same stuff.

I carried the same exact packing list they did plus 250 tampons for some reason at no point were the standards lowered for me.

I carried the same exact packing list they did plus 250 tampons for some reason at no point were the standards lowered for me.

I carried the same exact packing list they did plus 250 tampons for some reason at no point were the standards lowered for me.

It wasn't yours. It was not mine, yeah. A misguided effort to have everyone very prepared for the first women coming through ranger school.

It wasn't yours. It was not mine, yeah. A misguided effort to have everyone very prepared for the first women coming through ranger school.

It wasn't yours. It was not mine, yeah. A misguided effort to have everyone very prepared for the first women coming through ranger school.

No, not at all. It's six pull-ups or you don't get to do ranger school. You get dropped on the first day. So everybody does six pull-ups.