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The woman, who was not named because of the very delicate missions undertaken by the Green Berets, will attempt the Special Forces qualification course, said USASOC spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Loren Bymer.
US Special Forces, commonly known as the Green Berets, specialize in unconventional warfare as well as international defense and counterterrorism.
"A woman recently passed the assessment and selection in special forces and was selected to take the special forces qualification course," Bymer said in a statement.
"We are proud of all the candidates who have attended the qualifying session and who have been selected to continue in this direction, hoping to win their green beret," added Bymer. "Our policy is not to disclose the names of our service members because Special Forces soldiers are performing covert missions after graduation."
The 24-day ongoing assessment is an intense test of the mental and physical endurance of the candidates. Several women have tried the gender-neutral test since January 2016, when the Defense Department began accepting women for all armed combat posts, Bymer said.
"It's a policy I've inherited, and so far the frames are so small that we have no data on that, so we're hoping to get some data quickly," Mattis said.
He added that the ministry was still trying to "give him every chance to succeed if he could."
"Right now, it's not even dozens, that's it," said Mattis.
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