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They did it exactly the opposite way. they sent women to the toughest school first. and the result of that is, of course, it's difficult to engender any kind of support for people who say, women can't take it. >> just because -- anybody saying women can't take it, statistically speaking, none of those people are going to be people who could do what these women just did. >> it's true. stick them in a regular unit, but don't send them to ranger school, people would say, okay, they're in a unit, but they can't go to ranger school. but if they go to ranger school and complete it, and 40 to 60% of ...

Were available to them. there is now talk from the navy that they're thinking about allowing women to go through bud school and be navy s.e.a.l.s. do you think we know what's going to happen? do you think there's any suspense here? >> i think there's no suspense about what ultimately the bottom line will be. i think the path may be a little bit different, but i think the end result is going to be pretty much the same. there will be women in combat units. and i think the root to them, and the marines, in the army, and in -- among the s.e.a.l.s, is going to be different -- there'll be different ...

They did it exalt ctly the opposite way. they sent women to the toughest school first. and the result of that is, of course, it's difficult to engender any kind of support for people who say, women can't take it. >> just because -- anybody saying women can't take it, statistically speaking, none of those people are going to be people who could do what these women just did. >> it's true. stick them in a regular unit, but don't send them to ranger school, people would say, okay, they're in a unit, but they can't go to ranger school. but if they go to ranger school and complete it, and 40 to 60% ...

Here right now if it wasn't for her. from that point, no more skepticism. i knew she would make it thro h through. >> receiving the medal of honor. thank you for being here. >> i was interested in the army the these decision to put those two rangers out there alongside all the other men to let them tell the story about what happened. what do you think about the army's strategy about how they have made this decision and rolled this out? >> i think it's kind of interesting. the original assumption would be, if they wanted to test women out to see if they could be in combat units, they would stic...

Ranger regiment. will this change? >> i think it will over time. i was at west point teaching in the 1973-1976. in '76 the first year that women first came to west point amid a great deal of consternation about what the affects it would have on the core cadet, officer corps. now they graduated with that first class, who sons and daughters are graduates of west point and now out in the army. it's a cultural shift, curl chur change. just a matter of time before it changes. >> you just started the first week at west point teaching. what's the talk between men and women there, your students about ...