Sergeant 1st Class Janina Simmons became the first female African American soldier to graduate from US Army Ranger School on Friday, April 26. Simmons completed the 62-day training course and will join more than a dozen women in wearing the coveted black and gold Ranger tab, WBBM radio first reported. The 29-year-old, who is based out of Fort Jackson, South Carolina, told the station that graduating was a “surreal” feeling. “I'm humbled to be here… 62 days...
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