Shaye Lynne Haver

Captain Shaye Lynne Haver is one of the two first women, along with CPT Kristen Griest, to ever graduate from the US Army Ranger School, which occurred on 21 August 2015. Haver and Griest were ranked 34th on Fortune magazine's 2016 list of the World's Greatest Leaders.[1]

Shaye Lynne Haver
Born1990 (age 30–31)
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Infantry
Rank Captain
Awards Ranger Tab

Early life and education

Haver is from Copperas Cove, Texas.[2] In 2008, she graduated from high school in Texas, where she was a cross country runner and soccer player.[2]

Haver graduated from the United States Military Academy in 2012.[3]

Haver followed in her father's footsteps and became a pilot of attack helicopters. Her father also served as a career Army aviator who flew Apaches.[4]

Military career

Having previously served as an Apache attack helicopter pilot in an aviation brigade, Haver is one of the two first women (along with Kristen Marie Griest) to have earned a Ranger tab from the US Army Ranger School. Haver was among a group of 19 women who qualified to attend the first gender-integrated Ranger School, which began 20 April 2015.[5] She received a certificate of completion and was awarded and authorized to wear the Ranger Tab on 21 August 2015.[5][6][7]

Haver and Griest both said that they felt extra pressure to succeed because they wanted to prove that women can endure the same stress and pressure that men do when training. Since questions arose about the legitimacy of the program, many commanders and generals have spoken out in support of the women. Major General Scott Miller, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning,[8] said he vowed before the program began that there "would be no change to the standards". Some critics argued that because Haver and her classmate Griest recycled, or started over, they were given special treatment or somehow didn't meet the same standards as male Rangers. School officials reassured the public that approximately 1 in 4 males graduate Ranger academy without a recycle.[9]

On 26 April 2018 Haver took command of Co C, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry of the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, joining her fellow Ranger School[10] graduate Griest in being some of the first female infantry commanders.[11]

When US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died and laid in state at the US Capitol, Haver led the military honor guard that carried the casket.[12]

Honors

In 2018, CPT Haver was inducted into the US Army Women's Foundation Hall of Fame.[13]

Awards and decorations
Army Commendation Medal
Army Achievement Medal with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Army Service Ribbon
Ranger Tab
U.S. Army Aviator badge
Pathfinder Badge
Parachutist Badge
Air Assault Badge

References
  1. Bellstrom, Kristen. "Why the First Two Female Rangers Changed the Army Forever". fortune.com. Fortune Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  2. "Meet the First-Ever Female Army Rangers". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  3. "Find a West Point Grad". West Point Association of Graduates. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. "Shaye Haver and Kristen Griest, first women to pass Ranger School, called "tough soldiers"". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  5. Lamothe, Dan (18 August 2015). "These are the Army's first female Ranger School graduates". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  6. Thompson, Mark (18 August 2015). "Female Army Ranger Grads Are Among Nation's Top Soldiers, But Can't Fight". Time. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  7. Oppel, Richard A. (19 August 2015). "2 Women Set to Graduate From Ranger School Are Experienced Officers". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  8. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/article31719897.html
  9. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/08/20/male-classmates-say-female-rangers-are-here-to-stay.html
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyX43zUQA0s&ab_channel=CNN
  11. https://twitter.com/PantherBrigade/status/989640207304622080/photo/1
  12. Williams, Chuck (September 25, 2020). "One of first female Ranger School graduates leads Honor Guard for Justice Ginsburg". WRBL. Columbus, Georgia. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  13. "CPT Shaye Lynne Haver, Army Women's Foundation". awfdn.org. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
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