Should have went to batt when I had the chance...
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AES750
Should have went to batt when I had the chance...
Id like to say hey to the Ranger community and ask a few questions. Im currently at the 173rd ABN in Italy and want into Ranger batt, BAD. Ive been there since April, and my TIS is about 14 months. I thought the 173rd was going to still have LRS when I got there but they have disbanned and am not the most hi-speed motherfucker around but I expected a LOT more than what I've got. My question is can I do ANYTHING to go to any Ranger Batt? Once overseas you have to serve 2 years I think but I know some people who have went SF without being there 2 years and was thinking since Rangers are part of SOCOM that it might fall under the same guidelines, anyone know (kind of like selection)? Ive been told to just go to Ranger school and reenlist for it but Im using that as a last resort. After talkin to the guys that have been in a Ranger Battalion I should have taken the advantage when I was in ABN school, but I didn't and have regreted it since. Any info is appreciated.oh, GO COLTS.
Re: Should have went to batt when I had the chance...
Just out of curiousity, why would you reserve this as a last resort, if it was a viable option?AES750 wrote: Ive been told to just go to Ranger school and reenlist for it but Im using that as a last resort.
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K.Ingraham
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Take advantage of being OCONUS & get the most out of the unit you're in.
It's better than legland (like I needed to say that), anyway, be the best paratrooper you can be & master the craft. Even the chickenshit, just get to be better at it than the next man.
Army regs cover the 'how to get to RIP/ROP.
Since you'll be an "import" spc or NCO when/if you arrive, you need to be better to be thought of as almost as good.
Everything you need to know about preparing for RIP is already in a forum hereabouts.
Now go PT & in between reps, learn the Ranger Handbook inside & out, forward & backward. More importantly, learn how to APPLY it, as well as the relevant FMs & weapon/radio TMs.
It's better than legland (like I needed to say that), anyway, be the best paratrooper you can be & master the craft. Even the chickenshit, just get to be better at it than the next man.
Army regs cover the 'how to get to RIP/ROP.
Since you'll be an "import" spc or NCO when/if you arrive, you need to be better to be thought of as almost as good.
Everything you need to know about preparing for RIP is already in a forum hereabouts.
Now go PT & in between reps, learn the Ranger Handbook inside & out, forward & backward. More importantly, learn how to APPLY it, as well as the relevant FMs & weapon/radio TMs.
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2d Bn U.D. for 75th Ranger Regt Assn
2d Bn(Ranger)75 Inf 1975-'77
RS 9-76
Former mentor to RANGER XCrunner.
"I am well aware that by no means equal repute attends the narrator and the doer of deeds” Sallust ‘The Catiline Conspiracy’
What he said. And fuck the Colts. Manning's a whiney little bitch.K.Ingraham wrote:Take advantage of being OCONUS & get the most out of the unit you're in.
It's better than legland (like I needed to say that), anyway, be the best paratrooper you can be & master the craft. Even the chickenshit, just get to be better at it than the next man.
Army regs cover the 'how to get to RIP/ROP.
Since you'll be an "import" spc or NCO when/if you arrive, you need to be better to be thought of as almost as good.
Everything you need to know about preparing for RIP is already in a forum hereabouts.
Now go PT.
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"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
Rio Hato/AO Diaz CCT/Commo
"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
Funny I personally know 2 guys that were in the "Herd" one is a bad motherfucker.. the other is a pussy! 
Don't want to hijack this thread so a reply is not necessary admin removed name!
Don't want to hijack this thread so a reply is not necessary admin removed name!
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A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
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Mattoon's Goons
A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
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AES750
Re: Should have went to batt when I had the chance...
It was a last resort because it takes the longest, my reenlistment window isnt going to be here before deployment and I was looking for a quicker way in. If I have to get my tab and then go so be it. I was just seeing if there was a way to go now.Invictus wrote:Just out of curiousity, why would you reserve this as a last resort, if it was a viable option?AES750 wrote: Ive been told to just go to Ranger school and reenlist for it but Im using that as a last resort.
and McD there are a lot of good people there, i didnt say there wasnt I was just thinking it would be different.
I'm sure I'm late but his Avatar is GTG.
Look Chief,just because the LRS is gone dosent mean you cant go for the Gusto.GO SNIPER,GO SCOUT,there a a lot of things you can do to Hone your Skills.What ever it is Be the Best.It will go a Long Way.
Look Chief,just because the LRS is gone dosent mean you cant go for the Gusto.GO SNIPER,GO SCOUT,there a a lot of things you can do to Hone your Skills.What ever it is Be the Best.It will go a Long Way.
RLTW!
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Silverback
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How about this drippy dick! Why don't you try and do your job as an Airborne Infantryman, before you go all highspeed. I think the reason for your change of heart might have something to do with an imminent deployment.
I shouldn't have been so harsh, send me your name and rank and I'll square you away.
I shouldn't have been so harsh, send me your name and rank and I'll square you away.
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Silverback
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Re: Should have went to batt when I had the chance...
AES750 wrote:It was a last resort because it takes the longest, my reenlistment window isnt going to be here before deployment and I was looking for a quicker way in. If I have to get my tab and then go so be it. I was just seeing if there was a way to go now.Invictus wrote:Just out of curiousity, why would you reserve this as a last resort, if it was a viable option?AES750 wrote: Ive been told to just go to Ranger school and reenlist for it but Im using that as a last resort.
and McD there are a lot of good people there, i didnt say there wasnt I was just thinking it would be different.
I wasn't saying anything bad about the 173rd nor would I say anything bad about anyone serving our country. My comment was a sarcastic dig at one of our members here.
C 2/75, 1st Plt, Wpns Sqd 76-79
RS 3-78
Mattoon's Goons
A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
RS 3-78
Mattoon's Goons
A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
Since there are only two of us.....I think you just called the admin removed name a PUSSY!McD wrote:Funny I personally know 2 guys that were in the "Herd" one is a bad motherfucker.. the other is a pussy!
Don't want to hijack this thread so a reply is not necessary admin removed name !
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