Simply put, there’s the Ranger School, and there’s the Ranger Regiment, a Special Operations unit. Anyone in the military can attend the Ranger School, regardless of whether they served in the Ranger Regiment. The Ranger School is an intense 62-day small-unit tactics course for dismounted infantry that only about 40 percent manage to complete. If [...]
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By Staff Sgt. Ashley MorrisJuly 9, 2020 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email Article source: https://www.army.mil/article/237157/ranger_school_grad_hopes_to_inspire_future_candidates
NO EMBELLISHMENT. U.S. Senate candidate Bryant “Corky” Messner said Wednesday he has earned the right to call himself a U.S. Army Ranger and will continue to do so “in every way that’s appropriate.” Download the FREE WMUR app Messner reacted to a Washington Post report that contended he embellished his Ranger credentials by saying in [...]
I am a proud member of the U.S. Army Ranger Association. Acceptance into the Association is limited to Rangers who have earned the U.S. Army Ranger tab, WWII Rangers, Korean War Rangers, Vietnam War Rangers, all Rangers who participated in Operations Urgent Fury, Just Cause, Desert Storm, Restore Hope, Enduring Freedom, and all Rangers who [...]
When Capts. Andrew Yacovone and Justin Wright, two Army Rangers who moonlight as the country-music duo Interstate 10, performed at the USO’s 75th anniversary reception in Washington, D.C., in 2016, they didn’t really expect to leave as Nashville songwriters. But they were determined to try. Craig Morgan, the country singer and Grand Ole Opry member [...]
“Father Soldier Son,” a documentary from Netflix and The New York Times, follows Army Ranger Brian Eisch and his family over a decade as he deploys to Afghanistan in 2010 and later learns to deal with the fallout from his mission. The film was conceived as a chronicle of Eisch’s battalion over a year in [...]
Ian Kurashige was drawn to the Army, but his father was skeptical, to put it mildly. “When I saw 9/11 happen I knew this was a world-changing event,” Kurashige said in a recent interview. “I wanted to make sure I was contributing in a way that was positive.” His father was not having it. He [...]
The Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment has permanently stood up its newest unit, the Ranger Military Intelligence Battalion. The new unit will specialize in cyber and electronic warfare, intelligence gathering and analysis, as well as operate remotely piloted aircraft. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Earlier this month, the 75th Ranger Regiment permanently activated its [...]
Click here to read the full article. Key Point: The Army Rangers bad a baptism of fire alongside British commandos. More From The National Interest: Russia Has Missing Nuclear Weapons Sitting on the Ocean Floor How China Could Sink a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Where World War III Could Start This Year How the [...]