First Lt. Gabrielle White was the first woman to compete in the Army's annual Best Ranger Competition. (Capt. Stephanie Snyder/U.S. Army) A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the ...

Female soldiers were not allowed to be Army Rangers until 2015, when the Army opened Ranger school to women. In August 2015, two female soldiers completed the Ranger course for the first time.

This image provided by the U.S. Army shows Capt. Seth Deltenre, left, and 1st Lt. Gabrielle White, from the Maneuver Center of Excellence in Fort Benning, Ga., as they compete during the Malvesti ...

While in previous years the Army would likely have noted the historic first in a story or press release, that probably won't happen this time.