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The Latest: Military cop long had goal to pass Ranger School

In this photo taken on April 26, 2015, one of the 20 female soldiers, who is among the 400 students who qualified to start Ranger School, tackles the Darby Queen obstacle course, one of the toughest obstacle courses in U.S. Army training, at Fort Benning, in Ga. Two women have now passed the U.S. Army's grueling Ranger test, and even tougher and more dangerous jobs could lie ahead. The military services are poised to allow women to serve in most front-line combat jobs, including special operations forces, senior officials told The Associated Press. (Robin Trimarchi/Ledger-Enquirer via AP)
In this photo taken on April 26, 2015, one of the 20 female soldiers, who is among the 400 students who qualified to start Ranger School, tackles the Darby Queen obstacle course, one of the toughest obstacle courses in U.S. Army training, at Fort Benning, in Ga. Two women have now passed the U.S. Army's grueling Ranger test, and even tougher and more dangerous jobs could lie ahead. The military services are poised to allow women to serve in most front-line combat jobs, including special operations forces, senior officials told The Associated Press. (Robin Trimarchi/Ledger-Enquirer via AP) In this photo taken on April 26, 2015, one of the 20 female soldiers, who is among the 400 students who qualified to start Ranger School, tackles the Darby Queen obstacle course, one of the toughest obstacle courses in U.S. Army training, at Fort Benning, in Ga. Two women have now passed the U.S. Army's grueling Ranger test, and even tougher and more dangerous jobs could lie ahead. The military services are poised to allow women to serve in most front-line combat jobs, including special operations forces, senior officials told The Associated Press. (Robin Trimarchi/Ledger-Enquirer via AP)

By Associated Press 3 min read

FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) – The latest on the first female Army soldiers to complete the military’s elite Ranger School (all times local):

3:45 p.m.

The brother of a military police officer who’s one of the first women to complete the Army’s elite Ranger School says his sister had wanted to tackle the grueling course “for a long, long time.”

Capt. Kristen Griest is one of two female soldiers scheduled to graduate Friday at Fort Benning, Georgia, after finishing the two-month combat leadership course.

Her older brother, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mike Griest, also serves in the Army as an aviator. He said Wednesday his 26-year-old sister loves camping and testing her endurance. He says she chose to become a military police officer because it seemed like the closest thing she could get to a combat job.