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Days. a physical test, swimming, navigation, six chinups, 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups, a five-mile run in under 40 minutes and a 12-mile march carrying 35 pounds through the hills in under three hours. >> in one day. >> in one day. >> just in case youre keeping up there, it all has to be done in one day. >> three big phases. the eight women who pass the initial first part -- right, all of them ended up failing the second part of the first phase, but they got a redo. 57% dont finish the whole first p...

Through. so these women really were keeping up with the men. what is the most challenging part of all of this? were looking at pictures of the pushups and situps and they had to do parachute drops and get through helicopter attacks and so forth. >> thats true. 3% of the entire army has a ranger tab. this is something that is a real test and i think a lot of people wanted to show that they could do the 100 days or 62 days of tests. i think the hardest part is actually the mountain phase. a lot of...