Extreme challenge, unprecedented achievement: 25-year-old makes U.S. Army history
First Lt. Gabrielle White, a West Point graduate became the only woman to complete the Complete Army’s 3-Day Best Ranger Competition.
History has been made in the U.S. Army after First Lt. Gabrielle A. White and her teammate, Capt. Seth Deltenre, completed the annual three-day competition at Camp Roger in Fort Benning, Georgia last week.
White, a 25-year-old West Point graduate, became the first woman to compete and finish the intensive challenge.
MILITARY WOMEN LEAD THE WAY
— Military Women’s Memorial (@womensmemorial) April 19, 2025
Meet 1st Lt. Gabrielle White — the first woman to ever compete in the Army’s legendary Best Ranger Competition.
Out of 52 elite teams (103 men, 1 woman), White and her partner, Capt. Seth Deltenre, made it to the final round, finishing 14th overall. pic.twitter.com/Bpb6dyfKzi
White and Deltenre placed 14th out of the 52 two-person teams in the competition, which involves more than 30 events such as combat water survival, bayonet obstacle course, ballistic breaching, helocast, rope bridge, military knots and other physically and mentally taxing skills.
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