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Pretty awesome. Ranger School is supposed to be one of the hardest schools in the entire military, and from watching videos of it and also reading stories, I don't doubt it at all.
Pretty awesome. Ranger School is supposed to be one of the hardest schools in the entire military, and from watching videos of it and also reading stories, I don't doubt it at all.
Can't be that hard if people in their mid 40's can pass.
Generally correct. The "sour grapes" remark? Ha ha. Funny. Very Expected. I would add however that you'd need to be a pretty stout 40+ yr old but still, just as the typical 20 yr old wouldn't be able to just show up and pass it.
It does seem like the Army is spending money to give old veteran soldiers a vanity tab. Exactly what would an Infantry Command Sergeant Major or a Special Forces Master Sergeant learn about leadership at Ranger School? And is it a good use of the tax payers dollars to send them instead of junior leaders near the beginning of their career?
Very few 30- or 40-somethings will succeed in Ranger School. But very few 20-somethings graduate too. The pass rate varies from 40-60% or so.
Marines can flunk out. SEALS can flunk out. SF soldiers can fail the course.
BTW, journalist Robin Moore went through SF training (NOT Ranger school, but one year+ of tough work nonetheless) in the '60s, when he was in his mid-30s, in order to be given access so as to write about SF from the inside.
It does seem like the Army is spending money to give old veteran soldiers a vanity tab. Exactly what would an Infantry Command Sergeant Major or a Special Forces Master Sergeant learn about leadership at Ranger School? And is it a good use of the tax payers dollars to send them instead of junior leaders near the beginning of their career?
Indeed. They likely gained entry due to political influence. Money spent on Ranger training would be better spent on someone earlier in their career, say at the five to 15 year point.
War stories to tell at the bar, for the senior-senior guys who went through. Not denigrating their gumption in making it through one tough school.
The U.S. Army
Published on Feb 1, 2019
Video by Spc. Austin Pope
Master Sgt. Jole Alvarez, an Advanced Skills Instructor at 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) recently graduated Ranger School at Fort Benning ,Ga., at the age of 42.
The US Marines has a laison officer with the Royal Marines and vice versa, and the US Marines come over to train with the Royal Marines, indeed they both recently trained together in arctic conditions in Norway. Whilst there is also an Airborne Brotherhood shared between US Airborne Forces and the British Parachute Regiment.
The USAF is stepping up training with the RAF, with two F-35 Squadrons to be based at Lakenheath, which will work very closely with the RAF F-35's at nearby Marham.
Can't be that hard if people in their mid 40's can pass.
Hahahahahahahaha!!!
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