The news that the Army Ranger School would graduate its first two female soldiers has met both acclaim and scorn. Rumors of dropped performance standards, outside help and presidential intervention (looking at you, Obama) have swirled since the identities of the two women have come to light.

One Ranger School instructor has had enough. Maj. Jim Hathaway, the No. 2 officer in the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade who oversees Ranger School, responded to naysayers on Facebook with some good old-fashioned myth busting.

Some highlights:

– Female students were not given more opportunities to recycle than any other student. Hathaway writes, “The Day 1 recycle precedent has been in place for many years, and is nothing new. Unless you have been part of the RTB leadership… and have sat on the academic boards you would not know how common it actually is.”

– This class of Rangers was not coddled during physical training. “If you honestly think an RI was going to take it easy on this class, you are mistaken,” Hathaway said.

– Female students did not observe a ranger class before enrolling. “The school is hard, and it sucks,” Hathaway said. “You can know the answers, but you still have to perform as evident by the pass rate.”

– Obama didn’t tell Ranger instructors to pass the students. “The ridiculous rumor that President Obama was coming to this graduation and that RIs were told to pass them before they even started Florida is absolutely false,” Hathaway said. “He isn’t/wasn’t coming to graduation.”

The Ranger concluded by acknowledging that no matter what he said, some people would never believe two women made it through Ranger School. While he can do nothing to change their minds, Hathaway affirmed that he and the other Rangers were proud of their students.

Hathaway’s original post has either been deleted or set behind a privacy wall, but other Facebook users have preserved it word for word for the world’s viewing pleasure. You can also check out the official version reprinted with Hathaway’s permission by the Washington Post.