https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope Made with a curious mind en-us 2018-04-17 15:42:56 UTC 2024-06-19 02:21:30 UTC hello@padlet.com taylorm42 https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/252635202 Existential challenge of becoming a RANGER, it’s not as long as a SEAL training or as hard, but it’s the second hardest group of special operators in the US army.]]> 2018-04-17 15:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/252635202 taylorm42 https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/252636542 The 75th Ranger Regiment is a lethal, agile and flexible force, capable of conducting many complex, joint special operations missions. Today's Ranger regiment is the Army's premier direct-action raid force. Rangers are capable of conducting squad through regimental-size operations and are resourced to maintain exceptional proficiency, experience and readiness. Their capabilities include conducting airborne and air assault operations, seizing key terrain such as airfields, destroying strategic facilities, and capturing or killing enemies of the nation. in combat arms related functional skills. The Rangers' primary mission is to engage in close combat and direct-fire battles. 
https://www.army.mil/ranger/]]> 2018-04-17 15:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/252636542 taylorm42 https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/253061715 Being in the army for several years able to take schooling offered by the military for whatever career you want. For becoming a Ranger you’d undergo The following training: 

• Daily Physical Training
• Ranger History test
• Map Reading
• APF
• Airborne Operation
• Ranger Standards
• Day and night land navigation
• 5-mile run
• Combatives
• Knots
• Combat Water Survival Test
• 6, 8 and 10-mile road marches
• Driver Training (DDC Card)
• Fast Rope Training
• Combat Lifesaver certification

]]> 2018-04-18 15:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/253061715 taylorm42 https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/253075539 Crawl (Darby) Phase: the crawl phase lasts 20 days, designed to assess the physical and mental capabilities to move to the next phase and complete Ranger school.
https://www.military.com/special-operations/army-ranger-training.html

Walk (Mountain) Phase: the walk phase lasts 21 days staged in the mountains, receiving instruction on military mountaineering tasks and techniques on deploying squads and platoons in continuous combat patrol operations while further strengthening your ability to lead a platoon-sized operation through planning, preparing and executing varieties of combat patrol missions.

Run (Swamp) Phase: the run phase continues to develop your combat arms functional skills, having to go through enormous physical and mental stress, accomplished through exercises in a swamp environment with a platoon sized patrol operations. Run phase develops your ability to lead small units on airborne, air assault, small-boat, ship-to-shore, and dismounted combat patrol operations in a low intensity combat environment. ]]> 2018-04-18 16:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/253075539 taylorm42 https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/253502731 A Ranger makes a base pay of $2,014 a month plus $225 for keeping their “jump status” being in an Airborne unit. Once an official Ranger they start training for long periods of time. As you climb the ranks over the years you get significant pay raises. 
 ]]> 2018-04-19 16:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/253502731 taylorm42 https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/253503443 As a soldier you and your family fall under the HMO-health care plan, being granted vacation time of 30 days, weekends-holidays are free and sick days like a regular job. But during a mission they sometimes run through weekends and holidays.]]> 2018-04-19 16:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/253503443 taylorm42 https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/253505049 When join the army to begin with, you get 75% experience over 25% knowledge.]]> 2018-04-19 16:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/253505049 taylorm42 https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/255291010 Which will require you to score at least 60% on the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) between the age of 17-21, finish a 5-mile run with less than 8 minutes a mile, reach 15 meters in BDU’s, boots and LBE in the Controlled Water Survival Test (CWST), complete 2 of 3 road marches while one was a 10 mile march, and to score at least 70% on every test.]]> 2018-04-25 15:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/taylorm42/3t95zk34qope/wish/255291010