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==History==
After [[1st Ranger Battalion]] was reformed in 1974, selections were held directly by them. When [[2nd Ranger Battalion]] was formed shortly thereafter, they began hosting their own selection as well. The RIP program was first started by three hand-selected NCOs in the 1st Battalion in 1975 while that Battalion was still located at [[Fort Stewart|Fort Stewart, Georgia]]. It was then adopted by the 2nd Battalion. In 1986, when the Regimental Headquarters was fully formed, a new consolidated RIP was started at [[Fort Benning]], beginning in February 1985{{clarify|date=June 2023}}, where it was held until 2009 when it was changed to RASP.
In 2017 it was reported in ''[[Army Times]]'' that an unidentified woman was the first to pass the 21-day Ranger Assessment & Selection Program II (RASP II). This woman became the first to graduate from the selection program of a special operations unit. Previously in June 2016, a female noncommissioned officer had attempted to pass the test, but dropped out.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Myers |first=Meghann |date=2017-01-18 |title=This woman will be the first to join the Army's elite 75th Ranger Regiment |url=https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2017/01/18/this-woman-will-be-the-first-to-join-the-army-s-elite-75th-ranger-regiment |archive-url=https://archive.today/V1PoE |archive-date=29 August 2022 |access-date=2019-02-12 |website=[[Army Times]]}}</ref>
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