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Fort Indiantown Gap instructor is first female Pa. Guard member to pass Army Ranger School

Sgt. Danielle Farber has been with the Guard for nine years.

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Sgt. Danielle Farber with Headquarters Service Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, finished first in the 6 mile ruck march event March 27 at Pennsylvania's Best Warrior Competition.

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Sgt. Danielle Farber with Headquarters Service Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, finished first in the 6 mile ruck march event March 27 at Pennsylvania's Best Warrior Competition.

(Fort Indiantown Gap) — A suburban Philadelphia native has become the first female member of the Pennsylvania National Guard to pass the U.S. Army Ranger School.

Sgt. Danielle Farber, who works full time at Fort Indiantown Gap as an instructor at the Medical Battalion Training Site, Army Medical Department, graduated in December and is also one of the first two National Guard enlisted female soldiers, the Pennsylvania Army National Guard said in a statement Thursday.

Sgt. Danielle Farber is the first female soldier from the Pennsylvania National Guard to finish U.S. Army Ranger School. Today she is speaking at Fort Indiantown Gap, where she is an instructor at the Medical Battalion Training Site.

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Sgt. Danielle Farber is the first female soldier from the Pennsylvania National Guard to finish U.S. Army Ranger School.

Farber, a native of Kennett Square, lives in Hummelstown. She has been with the Pennsylvania National Guard for nine years, spending the first six years as a signal support systems specials and the last three as a medic.

Farber said she attended Ranger School to develop as a leader and is looking forward to putting those skills to use in her job. That would include serving as a mentor to the next generation of Pa. Guard soldiers, especially women, who want to go to Ranger School.

She advises anyone considering Ranger School to do as much physical training as possible, to have a good support system and to be prepared to pull their own weight. Helping others is also important as well as not expecting any special treatment.

Most important, Farber said anyone who wants to go to Ranger School or to other combat arms training must be passionate about it.

Farber has a bachelor’s degree in sports studies and hopes to continue her education to become a registered nurse.

 

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