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First Female Reservist Ranger School Graduate | Combat Leader | Engineer | Talent War | Lisa Jaster

Lisa JasterSeptember 17, 2022
First Female Reservist Ranger School Graduate | Combat Leader | Engineer | Talent War | Lisa Jaster
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Today we hear a unique Combat Story from Ranger-qualified and former Engineer in combat Lisa Jaster who was the first female reservist to complete Ranger School…at the age of 37 with two kids!

Lisa is still in the reserves and recently rotated out of Battalion Command where she led Combat Engineers as she did early in the post-9/11 era as a young active-duty lieutenant, including in 2002 in Afghanistan, 2003 in Iraq, and back to Iraq 15 years later.

Her story is remarkable and highlights how much harder she worked to reach levels many others take for granted. She’s a West Point grad and stood on the shoulders of the brave women who came before her in breaking the barrier of women at the Academy only to break a similar barrier herself.

Beyond being a sought-after public speaker, accomplished entrepreneur, and part of retired DEVGRU Mike Sarraille’s Talent War Group, Lisa is also a competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter and CrossFit athlete and is getting ready to release her first book that describes her journey.

This is a phenomenal and wide-ranging interview with an accomplished, tough-as-nails Ranger and I hope you enjoy her story of perseverance as much as I did.

Show Notes: and being an SME as a First Lieutenant and being in the first ever class with women

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- First Female Reservist Ranger School Graduate - Ranger School - Combat Leader - Combat Engineer Lisa Jaster

Maj. Lisa Jaster, an Army Reserve soldier, performs a fireman's carry-on on a simulated casualty during the Ranger Course at Ft. Benning, GA. The 37-year-old engineer and mother of two children, aged 7 and 3, is the first female Army Reserve officer to graduate from Ranger School.

When Maj. Lisa Jaster walks across Victory Pond Friday at Fort Benning, she will secure her role in history as the first female Army Reserve officer to earn the distinctive black-and-gold shoulder tab. However, the 37-year-old engineer and mother of two children, aged 7 and 3, is the third female to graduate from the grueling combat leadership course, joining the ranks of fellow West Point graduates and Active Duty officers Capt. Kristen Griest, 26, and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver, 25.

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Lisa Jaster

Chapters

  • 0:00Intro
  • 0:56Guest Introduction (Lisa Jaster)
  • 2:29Interview begins
  • 2:42A passion for Brazilian jujitsu
  • 6:06Being an unconventional Military couple and making sure her son can fight
  • 10:06Childhood as a naturally driven person and where the military comes in
  • 14:55Funny story of Army interview
  • 17:16Going to West Point and and choosing Engineer Branch after graduating
  • 27:37What is Engineers and their role in Afghanistan 2002
  • 33:24Where were you on 9/11?
  • 41:06Story about combat patches
  • 45:01How an engineer prepares for deployment
  • 47:48Family and feelings before and during a dangerous deployment
  • 53:47"There's no book for this" and funny story of trying to communicate with Pakistani man
  • 55:27Building the airfield in Afghanistan and funny story about constructing the sewage pond
  • 58:27From Afghanistan to Iraq
  • 1:06:42Processing difficult experiences and how jujiostu helped
  • 1:09:33Ranger school
  • 1:21:17Advice for someone wanting to go to BUD/S or Ranger School
  • 1:29:04Hell Week at Ranger School