First female recruits train as Army Rangers

Two American women have passed the gruelling training programme of the US Army Rangers - one of the military's most elite special operations forces.

While the women will graduate from the school on Friday, they will not serve in the 75th Ranger Regiment.

The US military has yet to lift a ban on women serving in the fighting force.

This is the first year women attended the training after President Barack Obama ordered the military to accept women in combat roles by 2016.

This video, provided by the US Military, shows men and women participating in the Ranger Course in Fort Benning, Georgia this April.