Ranger School grad becomes Army's first female infantry officer

Capt. Kristen M. Griest, one of two women who graduated from the Army's Ranger School last summer, became the first woman named as an infantry officer Monday.

"Like any other officer wishing to branch-transfer, Capt. Griest applied for an exception to Army policy to transfer from military police to infantry," Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning spokesman Bob Purtiman said. "Her transfer was approved by the Department of the Army, and she's now an infantry officer."

The Army Times was first to report the move. The paper reported that Griest, a West Point graduate, is expected to graduate on Thursday with the distinctive blue infantry cord.

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