A woman became a Green Beret Thursday, a huge milestone for the Army and the military, but she isn’t the first female to earn the title
Posted on AllSides July 10th, 2020
From The Center
The first woman to complete the Army’s Special Forces Qualification Course and move on to a Green Beret team graduated today, according to U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
The newly minted Green Beret, a National Guard soldier, will now report to a Special Forces Group for assignment to an Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA or A team) — a groundbreaking moment not only for the Army but for the entire military.
But she is not the first woman to complete the course. Then-Capt. Kathleen Wilder did in 1980, though she was...
