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Ranger Kilted Heathen, Sorry for bringing up an old post, but I wanted to thank you for the advice on the Garmin Etrex for Ranger School. Due to family issues my fiance will not be going until July, but he lent the GPS to another soldier in his unit that just went and he reported back that most of t...

Best of luck! I voted today and yesterday!

Ranger Zonk,

True true! I will still be getting it for him for Christmas, but geared more for deployment. If he decides to take it to RS as well, more power to him! I don't really care what he takes there, as long as he gets through the suck!

Ranger Fishboy,

Thanks for the advice. I think I will deprive him of the GPS for RS, but I am still planning on getting one for him for when he deploys so I will go with the one you suggested. Merry Christmas everyone!

Rangers,

Thank you for the replies. I am really just looking for a good Christmas present, and thought that might be helpful in RS. I have read many of your posts and have read to use whatever advantages you can to get through. I found it odd that they were allowed to bring one too!

Tarah

Thank you Ranger Kilted Heathen. I will look into those. I was wanting to purchase on for him for Christmas, so I just want to make sure I am buying one that will meet the restrictions in place. Thanks!

Hello Rangers, My name is Tarah. My fiance will be going to Ranger School in February, and I saw on the "Optional Items" part of the packing list that students can have a hand held GPS device (Simple, non-mapping, no wrist style). I used the search option on the site, and saw some posts ab...

Rangers, Hello, my name is Tarah. My fiance will be attending Ranger School sometime in February and I stumbled across this site while trying to learn more about what RS will be like. I have read through all of the Ranger School posts and they have been a great source of information! I am so gratefu...