Dang it. Forgot to mention they also have pull ups that they have to do in Ranger school for their PT test. Oh well..... Do you think a soldier should be called a Ranger if they completed Range school or do you feel only those that are actually in the 75th Ranger Regiment should be called Rangers?
Christopher Chaos I saw a few officers with the Tab but were never in a Ranger Bat. Then again I met a Ranger from 2nd Bat 00-06 and he seemed indifferent when I asked him about it.
Knowin quite a few Rangers myself. No just because you have a tab doesn’t mean you should go around saying you are a Ranger. Rangers who belong to the Regiment are Rangers. Yes the tab carries a lot of weight when it comes to leadership qualifications but don’t go saying you are special operations ranger bad ass high speed mo fo who kicks doors in and caps people. You could be a rear echelon fobbit and have a Ranger tab.
i would agree.i was only a light fighter from Fort Ord. nebr was in a ranger unit my company mascot was " Bravo Rangers " B 5-21 INF but we was just light infantry pretending to be rangers. FAKE RANGERS UNITS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
@@miketurley8272 Fort ORd was in California was was shut down and we had 4th Battallion there. What the hell are you talking about MIke Turley. and . you were not in a ranger unit
david wagner That exact thing happened in Ranger a training documentarie. Honestly I have memories of portions of 1st Phase that I remember in a weird 3rd person POV. Definitely alot of droning.
I heard soldiers & ROTC cadets would chew on MRE coffee grounds to stay awake. Foot & leg injury DXed a lot of US Army Ranger school students. My 2nd MP Company CO/Captain was cut twice from Ranger School in his service career. He claimed it was injury but many MPs said it may of been his performance.
Also when doing the pt test get to the front of the line especially on push ups. When they start to get towards the end and already have a bunch of people who passed they will fail people on push ups for improper form because they don't want the class sizes too big. I watched a guy do about 100 push ups but 60 weren't "done properly" and they dropped him.
When I was in Ranger School I would fantasize about two eggs over easy, chasing them down a hill and never catch them. I lost about 40 pounds.... 1/75 RLTW
Hello, I was curious if I could still qualify to be in ranger regiment but also get to leave once my four year or whatever I choice contract had ended. Will they kick you out if you don’t plan on staying there forever?
Ahhhh, now i see the difference between the two rangers. I've always been confused between the 75th regiment and the ones with the ranger tab but not a 75th regiment
Chris, thank you for your service. 10+ years in the Regiment and I will say your info is spot on for the most part. The term “Army Ranger” or “Airborne Ranger” is for those who serve in the Regiment. Ranger school grads are “Ranger qualified”. Great Army videos. RLTW!! sub!
Hi I see that you were a ranger and i was wondering if you had any advice on getting through BCT and ranger school I'm 17 and am putting a few things together before I head to the recruiter office in a few months or at the end of my senior year, also thank you for your service
Do Rangers get respected or are they disrespected all the time by Ncos and Staff Ncos like a 11B? I’m in The Marine Corps and I hate the way they treat us at times. The Air Force and Navy have it good honestly ❤
So much of the confusion between being Ranger Qualified (the tab) and being a Ranger (scroll) could be cleared up by renaming Ranger School to something else. Everyone's agreed that both are tough and both provide the intended training. But they are not the same thing.
Actually, to qualify to be assigned to a Ranger Battalion "The Scroll" you must first complete the School. Not sure if they make the clerks do it or not, but I am sure they do. I am a bit out of date.
@@WaltMartin The school is not a requirement of being in the 75th. It is a leadership course and those that are leadership roles within the 75th would have to go to rangers school.
People think Rangers are somehow less "Elite" because RASP is just 8 weeks. People Compare BUD/S and say how its much longer but forget Rangers have already have done AIT/BCT for 15 weeks then 3 weeks of Airborne then pre RASP of 3 weeks and then 8 weeks RASP. Thats 29 weeks from start if enlistment to Ranger Battalion which at that point the training to be a Ranger just begins. You don't just get to stay a Ranger because you passed RASP. Many will be RFSD. Rangers are pipe hitters
+SmithN' Wesson The 75th pick the best of the best and it is sink or swim environment. How long it takes to created these types of soldiers is really irrelevant.
@@frankcastle5285 there's really not an equivalent. I would say that Green Berets are generally trained to a higher degree than seals, but not seal team 6, who people often compare to Delta Force... Honestly though all the dudes are incredibly badass men!
Civis and non combative members of the military can say what they want, but ultimately the training isn't really any harder, physically ay least. When you're sleep deprived, you barely know what's going on and you feel like you're dying the entire time. All of those guys would tell you the same thing... Just don't quit
Let me explain why a Tab doesnt make you a Ranger over a Scroll. The Ranger Tab is a leadership school. When you go to RIP (when I was in) or RASP (now). RIP was a gut check to see if you would quit based on stress and if you can think while being stressed out and lack of sleep. This is essential for a Ranger. Once you get to Bat you learn how to be a Ranger with real world training. You do EVERYTHING they do in Ranger school. You go on a list for Ranger school once you get to Bat. This list is determined by your performance in Bat and either after you do boards to become protomable then you get the school (again leadership school). By the time you get there everything in RNger school is second nature to a Ranger. In some cases it is looked at as vacation from Bat to be at "school". Its a bit like have an active duty soldier go back to basic after 2 years in active duty. So being a Ranger with a scroll is very different from being taught Ranger leadership tactics. I hope this helps. Life in Bat is very different than life in regular Army. I hope that helps. Not trying to nit pic just explaining why you are not viewed as a Ranger unless you wear the scroll.
Thanks for the outstanding explanation. My name's Chris Riley the email is mom's Long story. Regardless Sir my Asvab placed me as a 19 D Cavalry Scout. Would my .M O S help me on the path to one day digging deep since day 1 to one day be a 75th Ranger Regiment possibly what would you suggest? Sir
If I had a Ranger tab, I'd say I was "Ranger Qualified" or had attended Ranger school but if someone called me a "Ranger" I would not be mad. I'd add that some combat veterans: 11Bs did get "Ranger" tabs by being attached to Ranger units in combat then serving with honor or bravery. COL David Hackstraw a former military writer & Army veteran served in Korea. He got a Ranger tab that way. I think WWll had soldiers go directly into Ranger units too but I may be wrong.
+DL There would still have been training requirements in that era. In WW2 they may have recruited non serving straight in but they would have been required to do training. I am sure people who served with them in a support capacity may have by way of battle experience been accepted in but that would have been very rare.
When I was in to get to a Ranger Battalion I had to make it through RIP ( Ranger Indoctrination Program) and the Ranger course had 4 phases. Desert phase at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah. No, you're not a true Ranger unless your home was in the 75th Ranger Regiment, 2 nd Battalion to be exact. 😎 and we ( the 75th) were the only ones that wore black berets!
Jeffrey Lillibridge C'mon now Ranger, you learned the Ranger heritage just like I did. Do you remember the essay you wrote in that nice warm classroom with the lights low, while you were on your 5th or 6th day of averaging 1.5 hours of sleep per day and hungry enough to eat your eraser and ask for seconds. I'll never forget it "You all know the Ranger Heritage. Tell me what it means to be a Ranger. Close a fuckin eye and you might as well go on to bed because I'll make sure you aren't selected even if you finish RIP". I know my fortitude and quasi hallucination based essay didn't come from the thoughts of kitted out Special Operations Rangers (even us ass kicking, pussy getting 2nd Btn badasses) it was the Rangers who took out the guns atop the cliffs of Normandy even though the Intel was shit and they had to go find them in the dark with only their guts and a hunch to guide them kliks through Nazi infested terrain and take out those guns and they did, why because they HAD to, if those pieces had been active D-day flops, and we never get a foothold unto the mainland. So what's a Ranger? Is it really a Reg or is it someone who proven that no matter what it takes they will drive on until the mission is complete, make an INDEPENDENT decision and eat what ever shit is necessary to follow through on that decision and complete the mission even if the decision is wrong you will fuckin push until it works. A Ranger is someone who has proven that he can and will make a decision and make that decision work no matter what and the Tab is his Brand.
Happened upon the video screwing around the tubes.. neat. I have read the comments and seen different people argue for the position Rangers with the Tab are Rangers too. I am sorry, but being Ranger Qualified is different than being in the Regiment. One is a Special Operations Soldier that is specifically schooled for the missions and operations within the RGT and the other is Ranger Qualified, the premium sign of leadership in almost any unit. YOU can both claim the title Ranger, very few will say different, but a Ranger is one who is or was stationed in the 75th Ranger RGT. You can be a Ranger and never have gone to Ranger school .You can go to Ranger school and never be a Batt Boy. Now keep in mind the school pre-dates the RGT. The issue here is that a Tab is a qualifier "tab", the Scroll a way of life. It was not always the case. There was a time where the Tab was all there was and if you were tabbed, you were almost never called out by your rank but by the Honorific "Ranger." How do I know this? Google. Actually we had a few Vietnam Rangers in my unit when I first got there, before I ever even considered trying to get a slot in the school or going to the RGT. Hell you had to go through a local RIP to even be considered for a school slot and it only got worse you had another RIP and after that if you got accepted into the RGT.. well Ranger school was easier than a day in the RGT and comabt was easier than Ranger school. ... in a later unit we had a few Rangers, that never went to the school, but served in the RGT I would love to see someone tell them they were not Rangers because they wre not tabbed. Tabbed or not if they served in the RGT or they went to the school, they have a right to claim Ranger, but there is a difference that is only important to certain people. I am no longer in the miitary and have been out well over 30 years and the black and gold still holds true.
Damien South hi, this is off topic, but would you be able to give me some information on being in the rangers and answer some of the questions I have about the regiment? I havent been able to find someone who was in the rangers and I am planning on enlisting within the next 2 years and wanted to know how I could start preparing for it. Thanks.
My tip for Ranger school, prepare as your life depends on it. Try to prepare for a few weeks doing exercises with the less sleep as possible and do daily task while been smoked and food deprived. Thereafter gain as much weight as possible but only use gain weight shakes because are lean fat. It worked for me in '95
Even if you were speaking to someone that isn't more than passingly familiar with the Army saying you are (or were) a Ranger would strongly imply you're serving (or did) with the 75th. I'm not knocking anyone that's been through Ranger school, it's not an easy thing to get through. But getting the tab alone doesn't make you a Ranger. Just like going to medical school doesn't make you a medical doctor if you elect not to take your licensing exams and practice medicine.
You are wrong. A graduate of Ranger school is a Ranger. The 75th RR is a SOF unit, but the term "Ranger" existed long before they were established. Service in the Ranger regiment or being a graduate of the Ranger course makes you a Ranger, simple as that. We have always considered our Ranger qualified soldiers as "Rangers" and service in the 75th never mattered, nor should it.
Para will you are absolutely correct. I earned my Ranger Tab and became a Ranger and remained 82nd for 16 months until an NCO slot became available in 2nd Btn, upon receiving my new orders I became a Special Operations Ranger. The only thing that changed were my orders (and my kit, Hooah). If you apply that logic in reverse, would a POG attached to a Ranger Company in a support compasity for a deployment, be a Ranger? They do receive Ranger kit and their DD214 will show they deployed as part of said company. The Tab makes a Ranger, Not the orders.
Umm... YES, considering AB is a qualification and the last time a AB Infantrymen jumped into an active combat zone was WW2... Id say that the 5 Static line jumps you do actually overly prepares you for the needs of the modern Infantrymen when it comes to actually jumping into combat, 1 time is enough to concur any doubts but that would literally be taking away the easiest and funnest part of AB school if we didn't get a 5 jump minimum. AB school has very very little to do with the act of jumping and a whole lot to do with making you a better Infantrymen, an Infantrymen that's been trained on engaging and destroying targets behind enemy lines with minimal equipment, even less support and a whole lot of tactics and balls. "They have us surrounded, boy are they fucked." NEXT
I've been there and done it man. The training is physically and in most ways mentally harder than combat. I'm a Grunt, the only thing I don't love about combat is that sometimes shit heads we are killin get in a lucky shot.
Has a Army Ranger attached with a 509 in the Northern Italy 70s I love my veteran Brothers cousin is a Navy Seals had Marines Air Force and my son Coast card rescue swimmer and my uncles as Air Force pilots I'm proud is served this nation I know my training in the 70s it's nothing like today these guys are true Warriors thank you
Batt Boys! Lol... in my era, 1990s, late 1980s, the Chief of Staff, DA restricted US Army Ranger school to Combat Arms MOSs only. I think it changed back to all officers, ROTC, enlisted, in the late 1990s. I'd add that in my time, Navy SEALs, Scout Snipers-ForceRecon, AFSOC, SAS, JTF2, could attend Ranger School.
The one female within RGR RGT is an officer and an intel officer at that. She did "pass" RASPII but she does not have her tab which is a requirement for all officers and NCO's wanting to go to RASP I or II. She will have 18 months to attend RGR School but I don't know if she will. She is a good annalist however and that is whats needed.
@@ernestpaul2484 She is an officer not a member of the 75th. There is also now a special training course for officers. She will not be in the battle field leading teams.
Swore in on July 7th. I leave for basic on August 13th. 25P Option 40. My dad is an officer in the National Guard so he was able to swear me in at MEPS. Super excited!!
You're not kicked out if you're peered twice, at least not 10 years ago. You are/were "day 1'd" and have to start over at the beginning, which sucks because its an attrition (cough, leadership) school.
WOW. Thank you very kindly appreciate your service, thank you for giving me a idea of what the army would want me to know about them. I-am disabled now, to old , really would have been part of the military service if I could have had the chance. Those men who have the right mind set , to make it to the top. Great video and education simplify⚓️🇺🇸
A recruiter at my station who deployed with the Rangers (he's a 10th Mountains Infintry guy) said there's 3 thirds to being a Ranger. A 1/3rd Ranger is someone who's Ranger qualified (been through Ranger school) A 2/3rds Ranger is Ranger qualified & passed RASP, and is part of the regiment. A full 3/3 Ranger is a qualified Ranger who is in the regiment who has deployed with them.
While at Ft. Lewis are barrack was down the street from the 75th, I was Signal not A Ranger but those dudes were cool as heck we supported them in a lot of their training exercises and I thought we worked hard building towers etc. they did PT and everything in the field .
My cousin was in the 75th Rangers, he told me about how he jumped out of a helicopter with his squad but for some reason he missed the LZ and landed on the roof of an enemy building, he couldn't get to his rifle in time he could only get to his hand gun so he had it out trained on where the enemy was coming from and when the enemy rounded the corner he just dropped as the hillside behind him lit up with gunfire from his squad. If I were to have seen something like that I think it would have broken me to the point where I would never leave the Army, just to make sure someone else doesn't get broken like that in my place.
Well if u wanna be a chair born ranger you gotta make it thru six weeks of basic or maybe 8 now. U won't get a ranger tab but just a comfortable chair with wheels. It's not like special ops but it is air conditioned and you can take a long lunch and go to the base gym once a week.
for the people wondering the difference between SF and a SOF Ranger. SF (Green Berets) deploy in ODA's (Operational Detachment Alpha's/ Small teams) of 12 operators to teach and lead; occasionally conventional US infantry units, lesser trained foreign forces, etc.. different tactics. It's rare, if ever, you'll see Green Berets deploy in platoons with other GB's for missions. Typically 1-2 GB's will be in control of a large group and go on missions with them to train and teach them. Foreign Internal Defense and Unconventional Warfare is their primary mission set. They are teachers, which is why their training (Q Course) is much longer than RASP and RS. They not only have to be able to do what Rangers do, but be able to communicate effectively to other individuals who not only do not speak the same language as them, but have much less training than even the US's conventional Infantry. 75th Rangers on the other hand, are a Direct Action force. (Primarily night raids, seizing airfields, capturing or killing high valued enemies of the nation, and conducting airborne operations). They also deploy in Platoons exclusively with other Rangers. Rangers go on missions with Rangers, Green Beret's go on missions with other conventional forces. Hope that cleared up some of the confusions ive been seeing in the comments!
@Kirk Patrick Lol, I know what you mean. This pandemic has been a bit rough. I usually check the comments on videos like this from time to time and try to answer some questions if I can.
Ranger school sounds a lot like something we have in the British army. We've got P Company which gives you the airborne parachute qualification but it doesn't make you a Paratrooper. So I'd agree that you're only a Ranger once you're in the 75th just like you aren't a Para in Britain until you're in the parachute regiment.
I went to ranger school in Phan Rang Vietnam in 1969. It was 8 weeks of weapons training, heavy weapons and small unit tactics in the jungle. there was training from shotgun to shoulder fired grenades to mortars to hand to hand. they skipped the pushups, the rolling around in mud, the hanging from wires. We were to go back to our units and train up others. We did get attacked, but the war was over for us. I can't imaging taking all that training in the states and then no war to go to.
This is like saying if you graduated Airborne school you aren’t Airborne. You earn an SQI for passing Airborne and Ranger, not for being selected into Regiment. Likewise, if you don’t earn the SQI of ‘V’ you get RFS’d from Batt.
Regiment has their own identifier. That was part of the reason they switched from RIP to RASP. Also, the original Rangers were part of Ranger units; not a graduate of a school. Gaining a skill identifier is one thing, but doing the job is another.
Namaste Christopher Chaos. Great video. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed and Liked. Was NCM with Queen's York Rangers 1st American Regiment RCAC 32 Brigade in Feb, 2001. Chose the only Ranger regiment available. Peace keeping with UNFICYP: Reason for joining. Black beret, M4A2 and operated 4x4s called Iltis. Primary role: Armoured reconnaissance. Trade: Vehicle technician. Great experience. Received my regimental medallion at graduation of QL3 on August, 2001. Respect to the 75th Ranger Regiment United States. Namaste.
You also have to complete pre ranger before you can attend ranger school. There are some units who run this course. In regiment its 3 weeks and you go to the next class. My pre ranger class ended and the next day was day one a ranger school. Being tabbed does not make them a ranger, it .makes the tabbed or ranger qualified.
I can do the 49 push ups and 59 sit ups in 2 minutes and 30 seconds and I'm definitely not the most fit so I'm assuming that 5 mile is definitely a killer
If you earn the Ranger tab and don’t go to RASP you’re still a badass. You can’t discredit earning a Ranger tab just because the soldier doesn’t go to RASP.
Anthony Abila no your not a badass it's a leadership school that all military units can go to. And they're letting chicks in it now and dropping the standards. The chicks failed the first phase three times which has never been done and not been dropped so you tell me do you think they were pushed through
is it possible to go from the Marines into Ranger school then RASP and ultimately the 75th? Delta is my goal but I need to be SF and Rangers seems like my kinda thing
I don't think so. I was a Marine and my brother has been a recon Marine for a few years. Hes obviously airborne qualified and hes been to sniper school but not ranger school. If he could he would dude is crazy. Your best bet is to just go army
Hi I have MEPS in 3 days and a reservation on an 11x with a $20,000 bonus but no option 40. Should I try to get the option 40? I want to go to Rangers and 11x is my fallback in case I don't make RASP the first time.
Can you apply to becoming a Ranger right into your military career without serving a previous MOS? Is there an age minimum or is it still 18? Is there an enlistment minimum? Thank you!
Swore in 88mic option 40 Airborne Ranger last month! Reception starts January 8th! Wish me luck and send out a prayer or two! Always been my dream to serve in the Army as a Ranger! Thank you to everyone that has served! HOOAH!
It’s confusing to anyone who hasn’t served. Let me pose this question though. Say someone is assigned to 75th and then later leaves and they never attended RS. The scroll leaves their shoulder. Are they still a Ranger as you suggest whereas the person with a tab isn’t? By the way, much of what you covered in RASP was also in Ranger school, but I went a long time ago... Interesting vid.
It depends on why they left. Guys leave the regiment for a variety of reasons. ETS, RFS, medical discharge/retirement, hiatus from deployments (with prewritten orders to return), etc are all fairly common reasons why people leave. My take is that Rangers serve in the regiment and the school is a school. The reason why is because Ranger units far predated Ranger School.
Is it better to do option 40 or just do infantry and try out for rasp later? I heard that failing raasp with the option 40 means they stick you anywhere but without you just go back to infantry.
Go for the OP 40 contract. There is a very slim chance your squad will let you leave for RASP. They would need to waiver you first and they usually dont like to lose members.
im enlisting after my birthday on june 30 im turning 18 and im joining army and i want to be sf i want to be 75th Rangers Ive been training since i was 13 doing calisthenics i grew up watching ww1 and 2 documentaries and after seeing the events of 911 taking place and learning about the events of the movies lone survivor and American sniper i feel like it is my time to lay my mark on the line.I dont plan on being the best killer I plan on being hard to kill.Remember brothers the only easy day is yesterday.Wish Me luck!
Rangers and special forces are two different things. You do not need to go to Ranger school and then to SF. Also just becoming a ranger make take up everything you have and you may no interest in SF. Both are special operations and both are elite. One is not above the other.
Technically, completing Ranger School does make you a Ranger, as in being Ranger qualified, but does not make you a member of the Ranger Regiment. Just like completing jump school does make you Airborne as in Airborne qualified, but does not make a you a member of 82nd Airborne Division. I understand the difference between wanting to distinguish between a tab wearer versus being a member of a specific unit. (I get that!) But you can't take away from completing a really difficult school and learning the tradecraft of Army Rangers as simply being someone allowed to wear a patch. Members of the 75th Ranger Regiment are the only ones who go out of their way to make this distinction. Graduates of the Army Sniper school, Jumpmaster and SERE, etc., are given the title whether they ever perform the duties or not. Btw, what do you call someone who is with the Ranger Training Brigade, or someone who is with Regiment but not even been to RIP or someone who works at the Pentagon wearing class A s everyday but spent 12 years in the Regiment?
I am a former Ranger from the 1/75th. This is back when we still wore our full color stumpy scrolls on our cammies, 78'/79' time period. A Ranger is one who serves in a Ranger Bn. or now a days, in the Ranger Regt. A Ranger qualified soldier is one who has successfully completed Ranger School and is authorized to wear the Ranger Tab. The Regt. Ranger is an individual who may or may not be Ranger School qualified, yet. I say "yet" because most individuals serving in a Ranger unit are normally Ranger qualified before leaving the Regt. You may have left the Ranger Regt. and still not Ranger qualified, but you were still a Ranger during your time there. However, once you leave you are no longer a Ranger in an operational sense. Being Ranger qualified is validation that you have/had the leadership ability to command a team of soldiers in missions who were just as physically spent and mentally exhausted as you were during your time in the barrel and to complete the missions at hand. The Ranger Tab is a leadership tab. The Ranger scroll is a unit designation patch. They are two different animals and should be treated as such. RGR CLS 8-79, RI 85'/88'.
Ok, this is an honest question not meant to start a fight or anything. I served in the Marine Corps as an 0311, infantry. We did all the same training as these "elite" soldiers do. We did mountain warfare and winter mountain warfare training at MCI Bridgeport, CA. We did desert warfare training at MCB 29 Palms, CA. We did jungle warfare training with you guys at Ft. Sherman, Panama. We also did surf survival training with the Amtracs at Camp Pendleton. My quesstion is, doesn't the average Army grunt get this training?
Training is one thing. What you actually do is another. While regular Army and Rangers frequently attend the same schools they don't do the same missions. That's part of the big argument of RASP vs Ranger School. I graduated Ranger School with a laundry specialist who went back to being a laundry specialist after school. There's nothing really elite about being a tabbed laundry specialist although he was a better trained laundry specialist.
+Phil Quintana Marines are an elite service but they are not special operations. Just as Airborne are elite or a pilot is elite but none are special operations. Normal Army training would not be as elite as Marines who have a very special role in the US military. Army does not do all the training Marines do. USMC are soldiers of the marine warfare division of the US armed services. They were always considered elite and hardy.
@@bighands69 I can't even BEGIN to describe the inaccuracy of literally every single word of this post. I truly with you guys would research BEFORE you post. You have no idea what you're talking about.
I think completion of RASP 1 or 2 and a posting to 75th to be called a Ranger it seems as though Ranger school is just a basic qualification. I am 50 ex soldier from Australia 👍
When I was in the 2/75 Rangers back in the late 80s and early 90s A enlisted soldier didn't have to salute a officier if he wasn't tab out. Officier hated it.
I had that in the first version of this video but then I got some comments from people saying that there are cases where you can go after so I just left it out since there is apparently some grey area.
They were talking about Ranger School, to attend RASP, one must be Airborne qualified.. if a Option 40, one would go to 11x OSUT, Airborne School then RASP. In Ranger School those who aren’t Airborne Qualified are typically tasked with LZ duties during jumps.
You can not go to RASP until your Airborne qualified. Part of the end of the first phase of RASP is jumping into Cole -at night. No AB tab no jumpy. Not grey at all.
You should do a video on the ISA otherwise know as Intelligence Support Activity. Also know as The Activity or Taskforce Orange. They do RECON and Intelligence gathering for J-SOC. They are located at Ft. Bolivar VA. They also work with S.A.D. No one really knows who and how many make up the ISA.
I want to fight in a war. I tried enlisting in the US Army to become a Green Beret, however I have asthma. Is there anyway someone like me a can be deployed in armed combat? I’m looking at FBI SWAT and HRT but those are 6-7 year processes to simply apply for selection. I’m young now and want to fight. I don’t wanna wait another decade just for the fire to leave me.
So if you are a seargent and you go to rasp, would you also have to attend ranger school? Since you have to have it to rank up to seargent would it be different joining as one already?
My brother retired as a SGM SF 18E, retired out of 5th Group. He earned his SF tab first then went to Ranger School to earn his Ranger tab. He actually thought Ranger school was too soft. Too many individuals received GOs for subpar effort or results. The hardest course he ever attended in the Army was the Combat Divers Course. He said this was NO joke and witnessed many operator types quit!
Erik Arteaga im not sure of the current policy but when I left 2nd Btn in 2005 you couldn't have anything that would show while in BDUs or Class A's however they could show in Class B's.
Rangers are known for our "Why is that important and could it be done better differently even if it means being unconventional and not completely straight laced." mindsets and that allows for a little wiggle room on certain regs just because that mindset often comes with a slight tendency to push regs to the limit just because. Granted I've been out of the Bat for 13 years.
I’d equate it to being a 5 jump chump. You got your wings but are you really a paratrooper or just jump qualified? Otherwise ranger school is just another course, albeit a tough one you completed. 75th is the real deal, and within a couple of years go to the “school” which should just be a formality for anyone serving in the 75th for any length of time.
Kian Siong it's a school that you can apply for while in any stage of 11B (Infantry) evolution. Standard Infantry units all the way up to Delta have sniper teams.
Sniping school is a 7-week course that you have to take sleep deprivation you have to literally go to the bathroom in your cammies have to have the patience have to have the patience of Jeremy have to have the patience of Jeremy Wade have to have the patience of Jeremy Wade understand Coriolis effect and how it works Land Navigation coordinates weather paterns etc.
Ranger qualified is just that. It means you are capable of progressing and it’s an achievement worth recognition. I suspect that opens the door for the future if your still to immature to press forward.
Whats the security clearance difference between to, or is there even one? The regiment of course has to execute missions, the other doesn't, does that matter?
Skyler McMurray I just went through MEPS and swore in as a 25P Option 40. I had to go through a secret security interview. I’m not sure if that was for the 75th or for my MOS though.
So if I wanted to become a ranger in the 75th, I would go to basic, then rasp, then later down the line go to ranger school, because I plan on being in the army for a while, then when I complete ranger school, I can go back to the 75th in my unit?????
Yes. If you were already in the 75th and did ranger school you would just go back to your unit in the Rangers when you were done. Unless you were at that point a noncommissioned officer and failed ranger school cuz in that case you are required to have ranger school. So I don’t know if they would have you try again or if they would kick you out of the Rangers and send you to a regular unit.
Dang it. Forgot to mention they also have pull ups that they have to do in Ranger school for their PT test. Oh well..... Do you think a soldier should be called a Ranger if they completed Range school or do you feel only those that are actually in the 75th Ranger Regiment should be called Rangers?
Christopher Chaos I saw a few officers with the Tab but were never in a Ranger Bat. Then again I met a Ranger from 2nd Bat 00-06 and he seemed indifferent when I asked him about it.
thank you for the corrections
Carlos Penuelas a ranger the is a trophy. A Ranger Scroll is a way of life. A tab means you are ra get qualified
Knowin quite a few Rangers myself. No just because you have a tab doesn’t mean you should go around saying you are a Ranger. Rangers who belong to the Regiment are Rangers. Yes the tab carries a lot of weight when it comes to leadership qualifications but don’t go saying you are special operations ranger bad ass high speed mo fo who kicks doors in and caps people. You could be a rear echelon fobbit and have a Ranger tab.
75th!
Ranger Tab is a Trophy
Ranger Scroll is a way of life.
i would agree.i was only a light fighter from Fort Ord. nebr was in a ranger unit my company mascot was " Bravo Rangers " B 5-21 INF but we was just light infantry pretending to be rangers. FAKE RANGERS UNITS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
I will do whatever I want! Go fuck yourself! 😁
@@miketurley8272 Fort ORd was in California was was shut down and we had 4th Battallion there. What the hell are you talking about MIke Turley. and . you were not in a ranger unit
Hooah
Yup.
Just got accepted to RASP. I leave feb 21st for FT. Benning
"Accepted"? Which RASP?
How did it go
I would also like to know how it went
update?
Pass?
Saw a guy in Ranger School Swamp phase start putting imaginary quarters in an imaginary pop machine. This is what happens when sleep deprivation
david wagner that story is at least 25 yrs old. Heard it when I was there in 96'
david wagner That exact thing happened in Ranger a training documentarie. Honestly I have memories of portions of 1st Phase that I remember in a weird 3rd person POV. Definitely alot of droning.
In RIP 3rd phase was alot more technical and leadership related training. Or at least after getting through 1st phase it definitely seemed like it.
I heard soldiers & ROTC cadets would chew on MRE coffee grounds to stay awake. Foot & leg injury DXed a lot of US Army Ranger school students. My 2nd MP Company CO/Captain was cut twice from Ranger School in his service career. He claimed it was injury but many MPs said it may of been his performance.
@@everythingjosiecando9283 david wagner LOL I heard the same story when i went through in winter class 4-82
Biggest secret to passing ranger school. Be as fat as you can while being able to run 5m under 40 min.
The true secret... just don't stop
Also when doing the pt test get to the front of the line especially on push ups. When they start to get towards the end and already have a bunch of people who passed they will fail people on push ups for improper form because they don't want the class sizes too big. I watched a guy do about 100 push ups but 60 weren't "done properly" and they dropped him.
Simon 3 yes that's true. My 1SG was a victim of that.
done, i drink 4 sero calories energy drinks everyday, im broke.
@Lee Francis Actually it was "we do more before 9 am than most people do all day".
When I was in Ranger School I would fantasize about two eggs over easy, chasing them down a hill and never catch them. I lost about 40 pounds.... 1/75 RLTW
Hello, I was curious if I could still qualify to be in ranger regiment but also get to leave once my four year or whatever I choice contract had ended. Will they kick you out if you don’t plan on staying there forever?
Kirk Patrick B co as well 3rd platoon RLTW
Ahhhh, now i see the difference between the two rangers. I've always been confused between the 75th regiment and the ones with the ranger tab but not a 75th regiment
there isn't alway a place to send rangers where they can use the training. if we are not at war somewhere then we are just highly trained gym rats.
Chris, thank you for your service. 10+ years in the Regiment and I will say your info is spot on for the most part. The term “Army Ranger” or “Airborne Ranger” is for those who serve in the Regiment. Ranger school grads are “Ranger qualified”. Great Army videos. RLTW!!
sub!
Hi I see that you were a ranger and i was wondering if you had any advice on getting through BCT and ranger school I'm 17 and am putting a few things together before I head to the recruiter office in a few months or at the end of my senior year, also thank you for your service
Usually what they ask when you go to SFAS is are you Ranger qualified or a qualified Ranger
@@anakinskywalker9594 did you make it
@@anakinskywalker9594 update?
Do Rangers get respected or are they disrespected all the time by Ncos and Staff Ncos like a 11B? I’m in The Marine Corps and I hate the way they treat us at times. The Air Force and Navy have it good honestly ❤
So much of the confusion between being Ranger Qualified (the tab) and being a Ranger (scroll) could be cleared up by renaming Ranger School to something else. Everyone's agreed that both are tough and both provide the intended training. But they are not the same thing.
Actually, to qualify to be assigned to a Ranger Battalion "The Scroll" you must first complete the School. Not sure if they make the clerks do it or not, but I am sure they do. I am a bit out of date.
@@WaltMartin
The school is not a requirement of being in the 75th. It is a leadership course and those that are leadership roles within the 75th would have to go to rangers school.
People think Rangers are somehow less "Elite" because RASP is just 8 weeks. People Compare BUD/S and say how its much longer but forget Rangers have already have done AIT/BCT for 15 weeks then 3 weeks of Airborne then pre RASP of 3 weeks and then 8 weeks RASP. Thats 29 weeks from start if enlistment to Ranger Battalion which at that point the training to be a Ranger just begins. You don't just get to stay a Ranger because you passed RASP. Many will be RFSD. Rangers are pipe hitters
What does the H18 Army code means in special forces. I have that code, I never really understood the true meaning of it?
+SmithN' Wesson
The 75th pick the best of the best and it is sink or swim environment. How long it takes to created these types of soldiers is really irrelevant.
SmithN' Wesson But the seals army equivalent is not the rangers it would be the green berets
@@frankcastle5285 there's really not an equivalent. I would say that Green Berets are generally trained to a higher degree than seals, but not seal team 6, who people often compare to Delta Force... Honestly though all the dudes are incredibly badass men!
Civis and non combative members of the military can say what they want, but ultimately the training isn't really any harder, physically ay least. When you're sleep deprived, you barely know what's going on and you feel like you're dying the entire time. All of those guys would tell you the same thing... Just don't quit
Thank you so much, I am an option 40 private shipping to basic July 9th. This is the most clear explanation I've gotten outside of a recruiter.
What did you score on your ASVAB
I scored a 128 in my AFQT and 110 plus in line scores.
Did you make into the regiment?
Let me explain why a Tab doesnt make you a Ranger over a Scroll. The Ranger Tab is a leadership school. When you go to RIP (when I was in) or RASP (now). RIP was a gut check to see if you would quit based on stress and if you can think while being stressed out and lack of sleep. This is essential for a Ranger. Once you get to Bat you learn how to be a Ranger with real world training. You do EVERYTHING they do in Ranger school. You go on a list for Ranger school once you get to Bat. This list is determined by your performance in Bat and either after you do boards to become protomable then you get the school (again leadership school). By the time you get there everything in RNger school is second nature to a Ranger. In some cases it is looked at as vacation from Bat to be at "school". Its a bit like have an active duty soldier go back to basic after 2 years in active duty. So being a Ranger with a scroll is very different from being taught Ranger leadership tactics. I hope this helps. Life in Bat is very different than life in regular Army. I hope that helps. Not trying to nit pic just explaining why you are not viewed as a Ranger unless you wear the scroll.
Thanks for the outstanding explanation. My name's Chris Riley the email is mom's Long story. Regardless Sir my Asvab placed me as a 19 D Cavalry Scout. Would my .M O S help me on the path to one day digging deep since day 1 to one day be a 75th Ranger Regiment possibly what would you suggest? Sir
went through in the Corp,only marine in the class,those dudes impressed the hell outta me,75th or not ,u earn that tab u have my respect!
If I had a Ranger tab, I'd say I was "Ranger Qualified" or had attended Ranger school but if someone called me a "Ranger" I would not be mad. I'd add that some combat veterans: 11Bs did get "Ranger" tabs by being attached to Ranger units in combat then serving with honor or bravery. COL David Hackstraw a former military writer & Army veteran served in Korea. He got a Ranger tab that way. I think WWll had soldiers go directly into Ranger units too but I may be wrong.
+DL
There would still have been training requirements in that era. In WW2 they may have recruited non serving straight in but they would have been required to do training.
I am sure people who served with them in a support capacity may have by way of battle experience been accepted in but that would have been very rare.
When I was in to get to a Ranger Battalion I had to make it through RIP ( Ranger Indoctrination Program) and the Ranger course had 4 phases. Desert phase at the Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah. No, you're not a true Ranger unless your home was in the 75th Ranger Regiment, 2 nd Battalion to be exact. 😎 and we ( the 75th) were the only ones that wore black berets!
Ya RIP later was reclassified as RASP.
Jeffrey Lillibridge C'mon now Ranger, you learned the Ranger heritage just like I did. Do you remember the essay you wrote in that nice warm classroom with the lights low, while you were on your 5th or 6th day of averaging 1.5 hours of sleep per day and hungry enough to eat your eraser and ask for seconds. I'll never forget it "You all know the Ranger Heritage. Tell me what it means to be a Ranger. Close a fuckin eye and you might as well go on to bed because I'll make sure you aren't selected even if you finish RIP". I know my fortitude and quasi hallucination based essay didn't come from the thoughts of kitted out Special Operations Rangers (even us ass kicking, pussy getting 2nd Btn badasses) it was the Rangers who took out the guns atop the cliffs of Normandy even though the Intel was shit and they had to go find them in the dark with only their guts and a hunch to guide them kliks through Nazi infested terrain and take out those guns and they did, why because they HAD to, if those pieces had been active D-day flops, and we never get a foothold unto the mainland. So what's a Ranger? Is it really a Reg or is it someone who proven that no matter what it takes they will drive on until the mission is complete, make an INDEPENDENT decision and eat what ever shit is necessary to follow through on that decision and complete the mission even if the decision is wrong you will fuckin push until it works. A Ranger is someone who has proven that he can and will make a decision and make that decision work no matter what and the Tab is his Brand.
Happened upon the video screwing around the tubes.. neat. I have read the comments and seen different people argue for the position Rangers with the Tab are Rangers too. I am sorry, but being Ranger Qualified is different than being in the Regiment. One is a Special Operations Soldier that is specifically schooled for the missions and operations within the RGT and the other is Ranger Qualified, the premium sign of leadership in almost any unit. YOU can both claim the title Ranger, very few will say different, but a Ranger is one who is or was stationed in the 75th Ranger RGT. You can be a Ranger and never have gone to Ranger school .You can go to Ranger school and never be a Batt Boy. Now keep in mind the school pre-dates the RGT. The issue here is that a Tab is a qualifier "tab", the Scroll a way of life. It was not always the case. There was a time where the Tab was all there was and if you were tabbed, you were almost never called out by your rank but by the Honorific "Ranger." How do I know this? Google. Actually we had a few Vietnam Rangers in my unit when I first got there, before I ever even considered trying to get a slot in the school or going to the RGT. Hell you had to go through a local RIP to even be considered for a school slot and it only got worse you had another RIP and after that if you got accepted into the RGT.. well Ranger school was easier than a day in the RGT and comabt was easier than Ranger school. ... in a later unit we had a few Rangers, that never went to the school, but served in the RGT I would love to see someone tell them they were not Rangers because they wre not tabbed. Tabbed or not if they served in the RGT or they went to the school, they have a right to claim Ranger, but there is a difference that is only important to certain people. I am no longer in the miitary and have been out well over 30 years and the black and gold still holds true.
Damien South hi, this is off topic, but would you be able to give me some information on being in the rangers and answer some of the questions I have about the regiment? I havent been able to find someone who was in the rangers and I am planning on enlisting within the next 2 years and wanted to know how I could start preparing for it. Thanks.
Lead the way Soldier.
My tip for Ranger school, prepare as your life depends on it. Try to prepare for a few weeks doing exercises with the less sleep as possible and do daily task while been smoked and food deprived. Thereafter gain as much weight as possible but only use gain weight shakes because are lean fat. It worked for me in '95
Can you talk about the army Special Force too.
The ranger regiment is the army special force
@@ps3jscrashed correct!
@@ps3jscrashed army rangers are army spec ops correct? So doesn’t that make them special forces?
@@ps3jscrashed haha
@@richardmercado6285 it’s not
Rangers actually started in Vermont back in the 1700s.
If you are Airborne qualified you will jump into Florida phase, if not enjoy a bus ride and nap.
Every time I hear the very first few sentences of the video, I think, “Yes I have,” because I’ve watched this video like 5 times.
Even if you were speaking to someone that isn't more than passingly familiar with the Army saying you are (or were) a Ranger would strongly imply you're serving (or did) with the 75th. I'm not knocking anyone that's been through Ranger school, it's not an easy thing to get through. But getting the tab alone doesn't make you a Ranger. Just like going to medical school doesn't make you a medical doctor if you elect not to take your licensing exams and practice medicine.
You are wrong. A graduate of Ranger school is a Ranger. The 75th RR is a SOF unit, but the term "Ranger" existed long before they were established. Service in the Ranger regiment or being a graduate of the Ranger course makes you a Ranger, simple as that. We have always considered our Ranger qualified soldiers as "Rangers" and service in the 75th never mattered, nor should it.
Para will you are absolutely correct. I earned my Ranger Tab and became a Ranger and remained 82nd for 16 months until an NCO slot became available in 2nd Btn, upon receiving my new orders I became a Special Operations Ranger. The only thing that changed were my orders (and my kit, Hooah). If you apply that logic in reverse, would a POG attached to a Ranger Company in a support compasity for a deployment, be a Ranger? They do receive Ranger kit and their DD214 will show they deployed as part of said company. The Tab makes a Ranger, Not the orders.
So everyone that does their 5 jumps, regardless of never serving in an airborne unit, is airborne correct?
Umm... YES, considering AB is a qualification and the last time a AB Infantrymen jumped into an active combat zone was WW2... Id say that the 5 Static line jumps you do actually overly prepares you for the needs of the modern Infantrymen when it comes to actually jumping into combat, 1 time is enough to concur any doubts but that would literally be taking away the easiest and funnest part of AB school if we didn't get a 5 jump minimum. AB school has very very little to do with the act of jumping and a whole lot to do with making you a better Infantrymen, an Infantrymen that's been trained on engaging and destroying targets behind enemy lines with minimal equipment, even less support and a whole lot of tactics and balls. "They have us surrounded, boy are they fucked." NEXT
I've been there and done it man. The training is physically and in most ways mentally harder than combat. I'm a Grunt, the only thing I don't love about combat is that sometimes shit heads we are killin get in a lucky shot.
Has a Army Ranger attached with a 509 in the Northern Italy 70s I love my veteran Brothers cousin is a Navy Seals had Marines Air Force and my son Coast card rescue swimmer and my uncles as Air Force pilots I'm proud is served this nation I know my training in the 70s it's nothing like today these guys are true Warriors thank you
Can I qualify to be a ranger, and still get to leave once my contract is over
Batt Boys! Lol... in my era, 1990s, late 1980s, the Chief of Staff, DA restricted US Army Ranger school to Combat Arms MOSs only. I think it changed back to all officers, ROTC, enlisted, in the late 1990s. I'd add that in my time, Navy SEALs, Scout Snipers-ForceRecon, AFSOC, SAS, JTF2, could attend Ranger School.
The one female within RGR RGT is an officer and an intel officer at that. She did "pass" RASPII but she does not have her tab which is a requirement for all officers and NCO's wanting to go to RASP I or II. She will have 18 months to attend RGR School but I don't know if she will. She is a good annalist however and that is whats needed.
"She is a good annalist however and that is whats needed". I can see there is going to be trouble in the head shed on this one.
@@ernestpaul2484
She is an officer not a member of the 75th. There is also now a special training course for officers. She will not be in the battle field leading teams.
@@bighands69 u missed the joke.
@@ernestpaul2484
I thought it was inappropriate to describe a serving member of the US military in that fashion so I ignored it.
Chris can you do a video on the sapper course?
Sure. Going to work on several qualifications and schools in the Army for a playlist and I’ll be sure to include that in that playlist. Thanks!!
SAPPER COURSE? MORE LIKE CRAPPER COURSE, C'MON GUY GET SERIOUS
@@sparthankitty2775 Grow up
RASP was called RIP in my day lol I/m a old head
Me too, 97
Me too 4/81
Swore in on July 7th. I leave for basic on August 13th. 25P Option 40. My dad is an officer in the National Guard so he was able to swear me in at MEPS. Super excited!!
Spencer Green Welcome to the family. Stay motivated and focused. What MOS did you choose?
You're not kicked out if you're peered twice, at least not 10 years ago. You are/were "day 1'd" and have to start over at the beginning, which sucks because its an attrition (cough, leadership) school.
You didn’t say you must be Airborne qualified
WOW. Thank you very kindly appreciate your service, thank you for giving me a idea of what the army would want me to know about them. I-am disabled now, to old , really would have been part of the military service if I could have had the chance. Those men who have the right mind set , to make it to the top. Great video and education simplify⚓️🇺🇸
Nothing Like That 75😤
Do combatmedic have to go through rangers Training also
A recruiter at my station who deployed with the Rangers (he's a 10th Mountains Infintry guy) said there's 3 thirds to being a Ranger.
A 1/3rd Ranger is someone who's Ranger qualified (been through Ranger school)
A 2/3rds Ranger is Ranger qualified & passed RASP, and is part of the regiment.
A full 3/3 Ranger is a qualified Ranger who is in the regiment who has deployed with them.
What if you pass RASP and haven't been to Ranger School yet?
Ranger School: also known as 62 Days of Hell.
While at Ft. Lewis are barrack was down the street from the 75th, I was Signal not A Ranger but those dudes were cool as heck we supported them in a lot of their training exercises and I thought we worked hard building towers etc. they did PT and everything in the field .
My cousin was in the 75th Rangers, he told me about how he jumped out of a helicopter with his squad but for some reason he missed the LZ and landed on the roof of an enemy building, he couldn't get to his rifle in time he could only get to his hand gun so he had it out trained on where the enemy was coming from and when the enemy rounded the corner he just dropped as the hillside behind him lit up with gunfire from his squad. If I were to have seen something like that I think it would have broken me to the point where I would never leave the Army, just to make sure someone else doesn't get broken like that in my place.
Don’t know if I should go as enlisted or officer
Well if u wanna be a chair born ranger you gotta make it thru six weeks of basic or maybe 8 now. U won't get a ranger tab but just a comfortable chair with wheels. It's not like special ops but it is air conditioned and you can take a long lunch and go to the base gym once a week.
I like Rangers, an elite Special Mission Unit and is able to be deployed anywhere around the world within 18 hours of notification.
for the people wondering the difference between SF and a SOF Ranger. SF (Green Berets) deploy in ODA's (Operational Detachment Alpha's/ Small teams) of 12 operators to teach and lead; occasionally conventional US infantry units, lesser trained foreign forces, etc.. different tactics. It's rare, if ever, you'll see Green Berets deploy in platoons with other GB's for missions. Typically 1-2 GB's will be in control of a large group and go on missions with them to train and teach them. Foreign Internal Defense and Unconventional Warfare is their primary mission set. They are teachers, which is why their training (Q Course) is much longer than RASP and RS. They not only have to be able to do what Rangers do, but be able to communicate effectively to other individuals who not only do not speak the same language as them, but have much less training than even the US's conventional Infantry. 75th Rangers on the other hand, are a Direct Action force. (Primarily night raids, seizing airfields, capturing or killing high valued enemies of the nation, and conducting airborne operations). They also deploy in Platoons exclusively with other Rangers. Rangers go on missions with Rangers, Green Beret's go on missions with other conventional forces. Hope that cleared up some of the confusions ive been seeing in the comments!
Chris can you do a video comparing marines and the army
Are there "Ranger Pilots" or do they get flown by regular army pilots?
160th SOAR
No ranger pilots. Rangers will fly with conventional units, 160th SOAR, and even the Air Force.
No because rangers are foot soldiers not aviation soldiers they fly with regular pilots......I think
@Kirk Patrick What's up KP? Everything has been going pretty good. How about yourself?
@Kirk Patrick Lol, I know what you mean. This pandemic has been a bit rough. I usually check the comments on videos like this from time to time and try to answer some questions if I can.
Can you still become a ranger if you only attend rasp 1 instead of ranger school and rasp 1?
Completing RASP 1 will make you a Ranger.
Ranger school sounds a lot like something we have in the British army. We've got P Company which gives you the airborne parachute qualification but it doesn't make you a Paratrooper. So I'd agree that you're only a Ranger once you're in the 75th just like you aren't a Para in Britain until you're in the parachute regiment.
Exactly
Spc. Devin James Kuhn 24, A Co. 2/75 was killed in a training accident. He is survived by his wife and parent's.
david wagner Hooah, Soldier Hooah
david wagner it is sad that I know couple of people who know him personally.
RIP Specialist Kuhn
I went to ranger school in Phan Rang Vietnam in 1969. It was 8 weeks of weapons training, heavy weapons and small unit tactics in the jungle. there was training from shotgun to shoulder fired grenades to mortars to hand to hand. they skipped the pushups, the rolling around in mud, the hanging from wires. We were to go back to our units and train up others. We did get attacked, but the war was over for us. I can't imaging taking all that training in the states and then no war to go to.
RASP=Ranger
My goal
I want to become a ranger but I have a hand tattoo would I not get a chance to try out ?
Good thing that you are trying to explain it seriously!
At the same time, there are men serving in Ranger Companies that have never been to Ranger School and I do not consider them “ Real “ Rangers
Likes cooks and shit 😂
This is like saying if you graduated Airborne school you aren’t Airborne. You earn an SQI for passing Airborne and Ranger, not for being selected into Regiment. Likewise, if you don’t earn the SQI of ‘V’ you get RFS’d from Batt.
Regiment has their own identifier. That was part of the reason they switched from RIP to RASP. Also, the original Rangers were part of Ranger units; not a graduate of a school. Gaining a skill identifier is one thing, but doing the job is another.
Namaste Christopher Chaos.
Great video. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed and Liked.
Was NCM with Queen's York Rangers 1st American Regiment RCAC 32 Brigade in Feb, 2001.
Chose the only Ranger regiment available.
Peace keeping with UNFICYP: Reason for joining.
Black beret, M4A2 and operated 4x4s called Iltis.
Primary role: Armoured reconnaissance.
Trade: Vehicle technician.
Great experience.
Received my regimental medallion at graduation of QL3 on August, 2001.
Respect to the 75th Ranger Regiment United States.
Namaste.
Namaste so cringe
Ok who would go thru and complete Ranger School and then not become Ranger's? What would be the benefit?
Rangers not Ranger's. Typing error.
Infantry officer often do it because it’s an advanced leadership school that is good experience for officers in the infantry.
Michael Harrell ranger school is a preparation for becoming a ranger. Completing ranger school does make you a ranger
If you find yourself commanding Army Rangers or working with them you know what is expected to get the beret you have to be in the 75th though
You also have to complete pre ranger before you can attend ranger school. There are some units who run this course. In regiment its 3 weeks and you go to the next class. My pre ranger class ended and the next day was day one a ranger school. Being tabbed does not make them a ranger, it .makes the tabbed or ranger qualified.
Tab will get you farther than the scroll, only go for regiment if you prefer their way of fighting wars, if not, stay in big army n get your tab
i am 13 and have always wanted to join the army is there anything i can do now to be better off when joining?
I can do the 49 push ups and 59 sit ups in 2 minutes and 30 seconds and I'm definitely not the most fit so I'm assuming that 5 mile is definitely a killer
Running and marching are the hardest things, yes. Even for very fit runners its a challenge
I went to Pre-Ranger when I was 38. I was older than the 1SG who was senior enlisted. I end up not making it. Very exhausting course.
Special operations is a young man's game.
My dad worked with a girl who passed ranger school and I met her she doesn't seem better than normal but shes badass
If you earn the Ranger tab and don’t go to RASP you’re still a badass. You can’t discredit earning a Ranger tab just because the soldier doesn’t go to RASP.
Anthony Abila no your not a badass it's a leadership school that all military units can go to. And they're letting chicks in it now and dropping the standards. The chicks failed the first phase three times which has never been done and not been dropped so you tell me do you think they were pushed through
culleyctc08 chicks can go to ranger school but they dont get pick for the 75th regiment
My uncle was a tabbed Ranger. And he's one of the most bad ass guys I've ever met. I consider him a Ranger. HOOAH
@@culleyctc08
Ranger school would still be tough as hell.
is it possible to go from the Marines into Ranger school then RASP and ultimately the 75th? Delta is my goal but I need to be SF and Rangers seems like my kinda thing
i think you can go to ranger school but definitely not rasp or 75th as a Marine
I don't think so. I was a Marine and my brother has been a recon Marine for a few years. Hes obviously airborne qualified and hes been to sniper school but not ranger school. If he could he would dude is crazy. Your best bet is to just go army
You forgot about Darby phase . There are three phases
Hi I have MEPS in 3 days and a reservation on an 11x with a $20,000 bonus but no option 40. Should I try to get the option 40? I want to go to Rangers and 11x is my fallback in case I don't make RASP the first time.
Trying to get a 13 f with option40 as well
Can you apply to becoming a Ranger right into your military career without serving a previous MOS?
Is there an age minimum or is it still 18?
Is there an enlistment minimum?
Thank you!
The age cut off last I remember was 35. 75th can be your first duty assignment if you make it through.
Swore in 88mic option 40 Airborne Ranger last month! Reception starts January 8th! Wish me luck and send out a prayer or two! Always been my dream to serve in the Army as a Ranger! Thank you to everyone that has served! HOOAH!
How do you get those options as an 88M? I want to go in as 88M as well but how do you get both air school and ranger options?
4 Yrs later How u doin now? What’s going on. Hope u passed RASP
It’s confusing to anyone who hasn’t served. Let me pose this question though. Say someone is assigned to 75th and then later leaves and they never attended RS. The scroll leaves their shoulder. Are they still a Ranger as you suggest whereas the person with a tab isn’t? By the way, much of what you covered in RASP was also in Ranger school, but I went a long time ago... Interesting vid.
It depends on why they left. Guys leave the regiment for a variety of reasons. ETS, RFS, medical discharge/retirement, hiatus from deployments (with prewritten orders to return), etc are all fairly common reasons why people leave. My take is that Rangers serve in the regiment and the school is a school. The reason why is because Ranger units far predated Ranger School.
Thank you very much for making this information clear and available for all see. (Love watching your videos).
Is it better to do option 40 or just do infantry and try out for rasp later? I heard that failing raasp with the option 40 means they stick you anywhere but without you just go back to infantry.
Go for the OP 40 contract. There is a very slim chance your squad will let you leave for RASP. They would need to waiver you first and they usually dont like to lose members.
im enlisting after my birthday on june 30 im turning 18 and im joining army and i want to be sf i want to be 75th Rangers Ive been training since i was 13 doing calisthenics i grew up watching ww1 and 2 documentaries and after seeing the events of 911 taking place and learning about the events of the movies lone survivor and American sniper i feel like it is my time to lay my mark on the line.I dont plan on being the best killer I plan on being hard to kill.Remember brothers the only easy day is yesterday.Wish Me luck!
Rangers and special forces are two different things.
You do not need to go to Ranger school and then to SF. Also just becoming a ranger make take up everything you have and you may no interest in SF.
Both are special operations and both are elite. One is not above the other.
Those 2 movies lit my fire as well
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Technically, completing Ranger School does make you a Ranger, as in being Ranger qualified, but does not make you a member of the Ranger Regiment. Just like completing jump school does make you Airborne as in Airborne qualified, but does not make a you a member of 82nd Airborne Division. I understand the difference between wanting to distinguish between a tab wearer versus being a member of a specific unit. (I get that!) But you can't take away from completing a really difficult school and learning the tradecraft of Army Rangers as simply being someone allowed to wear a patch. Members of the 75th Ranger Regiment are the only ones who go out of their way to make this distinction. Graduates of the Army Sniper school, Jumpmaster and SERE, etc., are given the title whether they ever perform the duties or not. Btw, what do you call someone who is with the Ranger Training Brigade, or someone who is with Regiment but not even been to RIP or someone who works at the Pentagon wearing class A s everyday but spent 12 years in the Regiment?
I am a former Ranger from the 1/75th. This is back when we still wore our full color stumpy scrolls on our cammies, 78'/79' time period. A Ranger is one who serves in a Ranger Bn. or now a days, in the Ranger Regt. A Ranger qualified soldier is one who has successfully completed Ranger School and is authorized to wear the Ranger Tab. The Regt. Ranger is an individual who may or may not be Ranger School qualified, yet. I say "yet" because most individuals serving in a Ranger unit are normally Ranger qualified before leaving the Regt. You may have left the Ranger Regt. and still not Ranger qualified, but you were still a Ranger during your time there. However, once you leave you are no longer a Ranger in an operational sense. Being Ranger qualified is validation that you have/had the leadership ability to command a team of soldiers in missions who were just as physically spent and mentally exhausted as you were during your time in the barrel and to complete the missions at hand. The Ranger Tab is a leadership tab. The Ranger scroll is a unit designation patch. They are two different animals and should be treated as such. RGR CLS 8-79, RI 85'/88'.
Ok, this is an honest question not meant to start a fight or anything. I served in the Marine Corps as an 0311, infantry.
We did all the same training as these "elite" soldiers do. We did mountain warfare and winter mountain warfare training at MCI Bridgeport, CA. We did desert warfare training at MCB 29 Palms, CA. We did jungle warfare training with you guys at Ft. Sherman, Panama. We also did surf survival training with the Amtracs at Camp Pendleton.
My quesstion is, doesn't the average Army grunt get this training?
Training is one thing. What you actually do is another. While regular Army and Rangers frequently attend the same schools they don't do the same missions. That's part of the big argument of RASP vs Ranger School. I graduated Ranger School with a laundry specialist who went back to being a laundry specialist after school. There's nothing really elite about being a tabbed laundry specialist although he was a better trained laundry specialist.
+Phil Quintana
Marines are an elite service but they are not special operations. Just as Airborne are elite or a pilot is elite but none are special operations.
Normal Army training would not be as elite as Marines who have a very special role in the US military.
Army does not do all the training Marines do. USMC are soldiers of the marine warfare division of the US armed services. They were always considered elite and hardy.
@@bighands69 I can't even BEGIN to describe the inaccuracy of literally every single word of this post.
I truly with you guys would research BEFORE you post. You have no idea what you're talking about.
I think completion of RASP 1 or 2 and a posting to 75th to be called a Ranger it seems as though Ranger school is just a basic qualification. I am 50 ex soldier from Australia 👍
Is it just different paths to take? Can you go to ranger school after rasp? Or before?
You can go before or after. If you go to RASP and get selected then you have to go to Ranger school before you get promoted to E5.
Thanks for this video because I want to be a Ranger officer and get the tab and join the regiment
When I was in the 2/75 Rangers back in the late 80s and early 90s
A enlisted soldier didn't have to salute a officier if he wasn't tab out. Officier hated it.
you also left out that you have to go to airborne school before you go to rasp
I had that in the first version of this video but then I got some comments from people saying that there are cases where you can go after so I just left it out since there is apparently some grey area.
They were talking about Ranger School, to attend RASP, one must be Airborne qualified.. if a Option 40, one would go to 11x OSUT, Airborne School then RASP. In Ranger School those who aren’t Airborne Qualified are typically tasked with LZ duties during jumps.
You can not go to RASP until your Airborne qualified. Part of the end of the first phase of RASP is jumping into Cole -at night. No AB tab no jumpy. Not grey at all.
You should do a video on the ISA otherwise know as Intelligence Support Activity. Also know as The Activity or Taskforce Orange. They do RECON and Intelligence gathering for J-SOC. They are located at Ft. Bolivar VA. They also work with S.A.D. No one really knows who and how many make up the ISA.
Good luck on finding the strength and makeup of ISA. Details and specifics on that unit are strongly guarded like Delta and SAD.
There is a book titled Killer Elite which is about ISA and JSOC. The ISA command structure is even classified.
I want to fight in a war. I tried enlisting in the US Army to become a Green Beret, however I have asthma. Is there anyway someone like me a can be deployed in armed combat? I’m looking at FBI SWAT and HRT but those are 6-7 year processes to simply apply for selection. I’m young now and want to fight. I don’t wanna wait another decade just for the fire to leave me.
So if you are a seargent and you go to rasp, would you also have to attend ranger school? Since you have to have it to rank up to seargent would it be different joining as one already?
Thank you for the info man, it really helped
For thos of you asking ranger tab is different from the 75th scroll
Do a video about how to become part of Delta Force
Nobody knows how to do that. It is wrapped in Mystery. Nobody even knows what the selection process is.
My brother retired as a SGM SF 18E, retired out of 5th Group. He earned his SF tab first then went to Ranger School to earn his Ranger tab. He actually thought Ranger school was too soft. Too many individuals received GOs for subpar effort or results. The hardest course he ever attended in the Army was the Combat Divers Course. He said this was NO joke and witnessed many operator types quit!
Combat Divers Course is the hardest in the Army. Water makes cowards out of us.
what is the current tattoo policy for the 75th? last i heard guys from batt with tattoos got kicked out
Erik Arteaga no, you can have tattoos in any military branch or MOS, just has to follow the principal guidelines
Erik Arteaga im not sure of the current policy but when I left 2nd Btn in 2005 you couldn't have anything that would show while in BDUs or Class A's however they could show in Class B's.
Rangers are known for our "Why is that important and could it be done better differently even if it means being unconventional and not completely straight laced." mindsets and that allows for a little wiggle room on certain regs just because that mindset often comes with a slight tendency to push regs to the limit just because. Granted I've been out of the Bat for 13 years.
Not necessarily,but they didn't care to much for it.
If an officer Graduates Rasp 2 do you get your tan beret as well
Yes. But an officer will also have to attend Ranger school as well since it’s required for NCOs and officers.
I’d equate it to being a 5 jump chump. You got your wings but are you really a paratrooper or just jump qualified? Otherwise ranger school is just another course, albeit a tough one you completed. 75th is the real deal, and within a couple of years go to the “school” which should just be a formality for anyone serving in the 75th for any length of time.
Omg I love these videos all they do is give me some sort of motivation 💕😁
Can you do one with 160th SOAR? Night stalkers
Wait so do you have to do ranger school first then do RASP or could you just go straight to RASP without ranger school?
do they still use divisions in military like they did in ww2?
You should do a video on Airborn
Its on my list along with a few other Army schools. Not sure when ill get to it though. Thanks for watching!!!!
Late to the comments but we always called them both a Ranger. One was a tabbed Ranger and the other was a scroll Ranger.
What about snipers in the regiment ?
Kian Siong it's a school that you can apply for while in any stage of 11B (Infantry) evolution. Standard Infantry units all the way up to Delta have sniper teams.
Sniping school is a 7-week course that you have to take sleep deprivation you have to literally go to the bathroom in your cammies have to have the patience have to have the patience of Jeremy have to have the patience of Jeremy Wade have to have the patience of Jeremy Wade understand Coriolis effect and how it works Land Navigation coordinates weather paterns etc.
Tristin Mink it's not that hard. It's waaay more of a Math class than anything else. After RIP it felt like a vacation.
Ranger qualified is just that.
It means you are capable of progressing and it’s an achievement worth recognition. I suspect that opens the door for the future if your still to immature to press forward.
Do you think size is consequential to becoming a Ranger? I'm around 5'6 and weight 155-160 pounds.
If you count basic training and osut and all the schools that you have to go to be on the Rangers regiment, about how many weeks would it be?
About 50 weeks in total
Whats the security clearance difference between to, or is there even one? The regiment of course has to execute missions, the other doesn't, does that matter?
Skyler McMurray I just went through MEPS and swore in as a 25P Option 40.
I had to go through a secret security interview. I’m not sure if that was for the 75th or for my MOS though.
Why didn’t you ever get your E-6?
Points were too high for 88M to the point where i basically needed a college degree to have enough points to get promoted at that time.
So if I wanted to become a ranger in the 75th, I would go to basic, then rasp, then later down the line go to ranger school, because I plan on being in the army for a while, then when I complete ranger school, I can go back to the 75th in my unit?????
Yes. If you were already in the 75th and did ranger school you would just go back to your unit in the Rangers when you were done. Unless you were at that point a noncommissioned officer and failed ranger school cuz in that case you are required to have ranger school. So I don’t know if they would have you try again or if they would kick you out of the Rangers and send you to a regular unit.