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The U.S. Army has approved requests from 22 women to attempt to become 2nd lieutenants in infantry and armor units.

Thirteen women  will enter into the armor branch and nine will enter into the infantry branch in the coming weeks as commissioning and commencement ceremonies occur across the country, according to an April 15 Army press release.

All 22 women must complete the training requirements and standards before fully qualifying as infantry and armor officers, the release maintains.

The volunteers come from the Army's three traditional officer accession programs – Officer Candidate School, Reserve Officers' Training Corps and the United States Military Academy.

via www.military.com

13 Armor and 9 Infantry. The article notes that some will likely attend Ranger School after their basic branch course.

Unlike the previous women to attend Ranger School, these women have units that are in need of 2nd Lieutenants to serve as platoon leaders, and are unlikely to be willing to grant them time for recycle after recycle.

While I think women in the combat arms is a terrible idea, I do think if you must do it, it's better to have officers in place before enlisted. The article also notes that certain Year Group 14 and 15 officers are being asked if they want to branch transfer to Infantry. Slightly experienced officers transferring over is a pretty good idea as well.

Of course, no matter how badly they perform, the PC culture will dictate that everyone pretend the program is a success.