Thursday, October 7, 2010

Ranger School


Hello,
Today I will be posting a blog on one of the toughest training a Soldier can go through: Ranger School. First of all, you have to be a Ranger School candidate in order to participate in this program. It is an ultimate prize even just to get a slot because finishing this school is the toughest thing in the world. It consists of several weeks of tough training with little or no sleep, food, or medical attention. It breaks down a Soldier both mentally and physically.

They go through rope bridging, rifle marksmanship, ruck-marching, recon, missions, land navigation, and all sorts of things regular soldiers do not do on a regular basis. The statistics show that more than half the soldiers who go through this training graduate because many either quit or get too injured up to continue. This training is not a joke and can even put soldiers to death.

I believe I can get a slot for this training in the future and hopefully complete it. Getting the tab would be a great asset during my Army career and would gain me much respect. Soldiers would drool all over you just because of your tab. There is much hidden power behind the tab because you can access things other soldiers can not. Such as being able to get into the legendary 75th Ranger Battalion in which has much history behind it that built America the nation it is today.

When you get to finish Ranger School, you earn the title “Ranger”. You get the Ranger tab on your right shoulder on your uniform and you gain the greatest respect among peer soldiers. They know you went through something many soldiers can not go through and nobody messes with you. Soldiers say it gives a person of a lower rank get respected more then somebody with a higher rank. That is in fact true because though rank means power, the tab means respect.

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