Graduated Ranger school 1964. What I remember it was hell, there was not any do-overs. If you failed a phase you were immediately kicked out of school went back to your unit. We began with 150-ish ended with 80-ish, but only 60-ish of us were awarded the Ranger Tab. My home unit was 101 Abn.
We started with 300 but ended with 80 + 1. Some General's kid that had failed and gotten peered got put back in at the last minute. This was Pre-Gender Neutral Ranger days too. Back in your day the RECONDO course was a bitch. I think they should bring that back after Obama destroyed Ranger School.
Great video with sound advice. Things certainly have changed a lot since my Class of 7-74. Still, it takes me back, and just an FYI, going to a Ranger Regiment afterwards is no cake walk either, but it was certainly worth it. I feel fortunate and am proud to have served with such fine soldiers. RLTW 1/75th
It used to be 58 days of suck ! Run with a ruck sack weighing at least 50-60 pounds. Strengthen your shoulders. Get your feet ready by wearing boots when you run. Be able to do 100 push-ups at any given time. Do pull ups to strengthen your upper body. Right before you go, fill up on carbs, go without sleep for at least 2 days. Also, plan on loosing a substantial amount of weight. 1 last thing , “ENDURE THE SUCK” !
1 thing to add about the push ups is that you dont wanna slowly lower yourself down to make the perfect pushup unless you wanna tire yourself around the 35-40 mark and messing up your posture. The RIs wont count them.
Alot of this info is old and out dated. For instance, not having an item on your packing list is now a drop. RTT (Ranger stakes) is now done during Rap week and is a drop event. FYI.
Not having a highlighted red item on the packing list is a drop. Any other item would be a major minus. They won't drop you for missing a name tape or some shit.
I went through class 04-19 and watched all these videos before going. This video series was and is the most helpful and accurate/applicable info out there... FYI.
Love the update. My day 1, 3hr in process, pt test. Cif issue, co assignments, other admin things, about 10pm in November, cwst at the pool. Wasn't really warm! Lol
I genuinely am unsure if I can handle the Ranger run. I’m serious, too. Not that I’d quit, I just don’t know if I could maintain that fast a speed for that duration.
Jacob Serrano it’s just about maintaining a good pace, most people lose a lot of time on runs by getting winded and slowing down near the end, but if you can keep that steady pace throughout without any sprinting or walking you’ll be golden. But that’s been my expierence with the 3 mile PFT.
Is Ranger School harder than The marine corps recruit training? I’m not sure because special forces from all branches are very very extremely hard difficult, but regular army or marines, sailors and Air Force aren’t that hard
Daniel, could you elaborate on the ruck weight and items for train up? After packing 35lbs dry, what water sources and equipment should be added/carried? Thanks!
Brings back some fond memories of my experience at RANGER school. I graduated with class 10-88. Mountain phase was the hardest for me. But I loved the infamous Darby Queen. RLTW
good boots, make friends to help push you through, dont let others quit, listen, carry yourself like a fucking unit, good luck to you and thanks for your service DO NOT LET OTHERS QUIT
We DID get smoked at in-processing...and it never stopped until you tabbed out or re-cycled. I re-cycled desert phase then graduated. It was truly one MRE a day (IF you made a correct re-supply) and maybe three hours sleep IF you did everything to standards and rock and rolled. Because those boys who died in Florida phase in 94 or 95, I can't remember, I was already out of the army, Ranger School mandated a lot of changes. I'm sure it's still tough, it still sucks, and it takes guts and a big nutsack....or bra size. Class 11-90
I hear ya, bro. Still, though, I saw a lot of "soft skill" MOS's kicking ass and our honor grad was signal dude! We grunts wanted to do things the way we'd been taught in our home units whereas the non-grunts actually listened to the RIs and did things as the RIs wanted them done!@@mason4345
Speaking of soft skill mos, as an AAS instructor, I saw many infantry badmouthing others, and it was funny to see their expressions when I’d point out some females resting and say, “you are such a badass paratrooper that those medics and clerks beat you by 15 minutes”, that shut them up
No "smoking?" Those of us who assigned to the Ranger units had to endure RIP, and we were smoked to a crisp on the cables behind our barracks at the jump school before we were marched to in-processing. The RI yells "I WANT 3 COPIES OF YOUR ORDERS AND YOUR DOG TAGS WITHOUT SILENCERS, YOU HAVE 1 MINUTE, MOVE!" One minute later there are about 100 duffel bags with half their contents spilled out as we are digging for copies of our orders, so we are dropped for pushups, 25 for ourselves, one for the Regiment, and one for the "Ranger in the Sky." After we finish the RI yells "I WANT 3 COPIES OF YOUR ORDERS AND YOUR DOG TAGS WITHOUT SILENCERS, YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS, MOVE!" 3O seconds later we are hammering out another 27 pushups, lather, rinse, repeat. 200-odd pushups later (with the RI doing them with us), we have our orders and dog tags ready. The RI walks up to a random guy and says "Hey Ranger, what is the 3rd stanza of the Ranger creed?" The poor guy stammers out "Never shall I sell my comrades.." Holy $hit batman, I never saw anyone as pissed as that RI, after another 200 or so pushups we were finally able to listen to an officer explain RIP and what it involved. He then asked if anyone wanted to quit. One person fell out of formation. "Thanks for not wasting our time." Three weeks later two-thirds of the class were gone, with half of those falling out of the 12 mile road march.
There was no "RASP" in my day. RIP was much harder than the first week of Ranger School. Three of the trainees I went to RIP with had Ranger tabs, having finished Ranger School after Infantry school. Yet none of them got through RIP. None of us cried, because these guys had graduated from Ranger School they had been made platoon leaders, and were real ********
I had the same thought when he pointed out that had no Airborne wings? This was unheard of when I was in the US Army in the 80's and 90's. Good video though.
I had a company during basic where we got smoked everyday and our cq was terrible. We were short a drill each platoon. And we had psychos. It was the infamous Charlie 2-48
Top ranger school tip everyone knows and nobody ever talks about, when you are on your first graded patrol and you sit down with the RI to get your grade, if and only if you get a no go on your first patrol, tell them you saw this video and you want a “first refusal one time take back” and they will log your patrol as a go. You have to say those exact words with a seven second pause between each word. Don’t ask, don’t tell. When you get to Florida and you’re graded out on your last patrol, do not worry! If you’re 3 and 5 or whatever, you will graduate. Trust me.
Six girl chin ups. Even Jump Schooll used to require 7 real pull-ups. My class had to do 15 pull-ups (hands facing away). The 5-mile run was in formation in BDUs while singing cadence. Now it's in PT shorts and an individual event. The ruck march in the mountains used to be in formation with a 68 -70 operational ruck and you had to stay within arm's length from the man in front of you. Now it's a 35 lb ruck and individual event. How gay is that?
@@victormontana1411 I guess it depends upon who you have leading the formations and I guess if you have never run with men and experienced the accordion effect you probably don't know what the hell you're talking about. Add the BDUs and while singing cadence you claim that easier than running at own pace and distance. You have to sprint to fill in the gaps as people fall out. As the front of the formation gets to the top of the hill they speed up so those stuck in the back have to sprint to catch up. The ruck march with an operational ruck of 68-70 lbs required you to stay within arm's length of the soldier in front of you. If you weren't able to slap the rucksack in front of you when the instructors called "Rucksack" you were considered a fallout. Three of those and you were put on the truck as a failure. Go do some pushups, real pushups and not head bobs, situps and then mount the pullup bar. Do your pullups without kipping like the Marine Corp and on a cadence. Up and hold it until the instructor is happy that everyone is up and gives the command of down. Repeat 15 times. If it were so easy then why was it the second standard dropped after the racist swim test?
@@mikolajnurkiewicz6015 Ranger school is different from rasp. Ranger school is a leadership course whereas rasp can grant you entry into the 75th. Different events and stuff
@@mikolajnurkiewicz6015 RASP is the selection so if you "pass" or "selected" then you are a ranger; Ranger school just means you are qualified to be a ranger. You normally will go to Ranger school even if you went through RASP.
8:10 "my recommendation is find the closest point first." 😂🤣 Thanks CPT DuuUuh As a former RI, my recommendation is go there proficient at skill level 1-10 tasks, be fit and skip this video. Especially the part about pushups. IT'S JUST NORMAL PUSHUPS!
That was disrespectful. Just because I don't want to do ranger school doesn't make me a bad guy. I've been in the army infantry for 4 years. And going to Afghanistan soon. Try thinking before you speak. I made a joke and got crap from you. Relax. Not everyone wants to do ranger school.
What’s funny is an Army Cook actually has more Infantry training than a Regular Marine. Served with plenty of Prior Service Marines and always heard that🤙🏼
@@VikingWolf84 I'd take a Marine from literally any MOS in combat over an Army grunt. Marines know how to shoot, and have volume when they communicate in combat.
In 2020, Marine boot camp had a drop out rate of around 7%. Statistically speaking, you have to be a complete moron to fail Marine boot camp. All other services has a drop out rate between 10-12%. LOL. The Army Rangers has a 65% drop out rate. This is after all the candidates has already been screened and signed off by command to attend.
Graduated Ranger school 1964. What I remember it was hell, there was not any do-overs. If you failed a phase you were immediately kicked out of school went back to your unit. We began with 150-ish ended with 80-ish, but only 60-ish of us were awarded the Ranger Tab. My home unit was 101 Abn.
We started with 300 but ended with 80 + 1. Some General's kid that had failed and gotten peered got put back in at the last minute. This was Pre-Gender Neutral Ranger days too. Back in your day the RECONDO course was a bitch. I think they should bring that back after Obama destroyed Ranger School.
Roger that brother!
Jesus, 1964. Hell I thought I was getting old. I graduated in 2002. I'm just a damn baby compared to you. Once a ranger always a ranger.
We ended up with 81 after some General's son was allowed to graduate and that was with recycles. Now they start 380 and graduate 383.
*Stuffs eye pro at bottom of bag*
*Sets bag down*
CRACK
Great video with sound advice. Things certainly have changed a lot since my Class of 7-74. Still, it takes me back, and just an FYI, going to a Ranger Regiment afterwards is no cake walk either, but it was certainly worth it. I feel fortunate and am proud to have served with such fine soldiers. RLTW 1/75th
1999_2006
C. Co 1/75 96-99 class 3-98
It used to be 58 days of suck ! Run with a ruck sack weighing at least 50-60 pounds. Strengthen your shoulders. Get your feet ready by wearing boots when you run. Be able to do 100 push-ups at any given time. Do pull ups to strengthen your upper body. Right before you go, fill up on carbs, go without sleep for at least 2 days. Also, plan on loosing a substantial amount of weight. 1 last thing , “ENDURE THE SUCK” !
1 thing to add about the push ups is that you dont wanna slowly lower yourself down to make the perfect pushup unless you wanna tire yourself around the 35-40 mark and messing up your posture. The RIs wont count them.
Sir are you active on social media anymore? We would all love to see an update on your career!
No we wouldn't.
As of 2022, yes.
Alot of this info is old and out dated. For instance, not having an item on your packing list is now a drop. RTT (Ranger stakes) is now done during Rap week and is a drop event. FYI.
Jeffrey Jaramillo wow I did not know that. Thank you for so candidly bringing that to my attention.
Not having a highlighted red item on the packing list is a drop. Any other item would be a major minus. They won't drop you for missing a name tape or some shit.
I went through class 04-19 and watched all these videos before going. This video series was and is the most helpful and accurate/applicable info out there... FYI.
Between this and @GrittySoldier, I'm going to be so ready!! Thank you for this great knowledge!
When he said "tent" I understood "taint".
I must rethink my life...
be in top shape before you go--prepare for it and ask others for advice
Love the update. My day 1, 3hr in process, pt test. Cif issue, co assignments, other admin things, about 10pm in November, cwst at the pool. Wasn't really warm! Lol
Thats a huge light right side, hopefully in the last firve years you were able to operate with the skills the Army sent you to obtain
Thank You sir!! Great video and Really helped me out with some questions I had!!
I genuinely am unsure if I can handle the Ranger run. I’m serious, too. Not that I’d quit, I just don’t know if I could maintain that fast a speed for that duration.
Jacob Serrano it’s just about maintaining a good pace, most people lose a lot of time on runs by getting winded and slowing down near the end, but if you can keep that steady pace throughout without any sprinting or walking you’ll be golden. But that’s been my expierence with the 3 mile PFT.
Camera falls over...I yell "AIRBORNE!". Good times.
Is Ranger School harder than The marine corps recruit training? I’m not sure because special forces from all branches are very very extremely hard difficult, but regular army or marines, sailors and Air Force aren’t that hard
If you go dont just settle for the tab, go for the scroll
2:46 "Ok I'm bored now, time to kms"
Good video Captain.
Thanks for these videos!
They march jog whaever, 12 miles 18km thats less then a marithon but with gear so it's basicly a marithon.
Daniel, could you elaborate on the ruck weight and items for train up? After packing 35lbs dry, what water sources and equipment should be added/carried? Thanks!
Matt T not really sure what the ruck weight is. I can’t imagine you would go wrong by training heavy
I can't wait I got a month left until I'm going for fort Benning boot
Update?
Good old SAND HILL
Brings back some fond memories of my experience at RANGER school. I graduated with class 10-88. Mountain phase was the hardest for me. But I loved the infamous Darby Queen. RLTW
You were part of the 75th?
2:46 LOL the camera fell
Thanks now I won't fail but first I gotta prep
How old were you when you went through?
When I went through the course, it was 58 days of “suck ass”. I lost 37 pounds
Class 10-82, lost at least 35 lbs, had pus pockets and embedded sand on my feet from the damn rivers in Elgin AFB. This guy is full of malarkey.
Any advice for airman that has no army experience going to ranger school? I'm just a simple radio man.
good boots, make friends to help push you through, dont let others quit, listen, carry yourself like a fucking unit, good luck to you and thanks for your service
DO NOT LET OTHERS QUIT
You qualified to do ranger school?
Push ups doing handstands swimming can do its pull ups I can't do. Could do dips,.
We DID get smoked at in-processing...and it never stopped until you tabbed out or re-cycled. I re-cycled desert phase then graduated. It was truly one MRE a day (IF you made a correct re-supply) and maybe three hours sleep IF you did everything to standards and rock and rolled. Because those boys who died in Florida phase in 94 or 95, I can't remember, I was already out of the army, Ranger School mandated a lot of changes. I'm sure it's still tough, it still sucks, and it takes guts and a big nutsack....or bra size. Class 11-90
pfdrtom bro he’s a medic officer. It was probably far easier than for 11 series MOS personnel.
I hear ya, bro. Still, though, I saw a lot of "soft skill" MOS's kicking ass and our honor grad was signal dude! We grunts wanted to do things the way we'd been taught in our home units whereas the non-grunts actually listened to the RIs and did things as the RIs wanted them done!@@mason4345
pfdrtom my Squad and TLs constantly drilled us on the battle drills and Ranger Handbook!
Speaking of soft skill mos, as an AAS instructor, I saw many infantry badmouthing others, and it was funny to see their expressions when I’d point out some females resting and say, “you are such a badass paratrooper that those medics and clerks beat you by 15 minutes”, that shut them up
Are you still in?
Air Assault! 160th Night Stalkers. Thank you Sir for your service.
Sir... the camera got bored and fell out
Great video.
No combat patch?
Combat patch?
Thanks Sir Great video
Da'Quon Coleman anytime man. Love to help
RLTW. my bf went in 94. God bless America 🇺🇸
Very good. Thanks!
Is there a certain weight limit, because I’m 217 and 6 feet tall but I know I can pass the physical test
How is the sleep and eating?
No "smoking?" Those of us who assigned to the Ranger units had to endure RIP, and we were smoked to a crisp on the cables behind our barracks at the jump school before we were marched to in-processing. The RI yells "I WANT 3 COPIES OF YOUR ORDERS AND YOUR DOG TAGS WITHOUT SILENCERS, YOU HAVE 1 MINUTE, MOVE!" One minute later there are about 100 duffel bags with half their contents spilled out as we are digging for copies of our orders, so we are dropped for pushups, 25 for ourselves, one for the Regiment, and one for the "Ranger in the Sky." After we finish the RI yells "I WANT 3 COPIES OF YOUR ORDERS AND YOUR DOG TAGS WITHOUT SILENCERS, YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS, MOVE!" 3O seconds later we are hammering out another 27 pushups, lather, rinse, repeat. 200-odd pushups later (with the RI doing them with us), we have our orders and dog tags ready. The RI walks up to a random guy and says "Hey Ranger, what is the 3rd stanza of the Ranger creed?" The poor guy stammers out "Never shall I sell my comrades.." Holy $hit batman, I never saw anyone as pissed as that RI, after another 200 or so pushups we were finally able to listen to an officer explain RIP and what it involved. He then asked if anyone wanted to quit. One person fell out of formation. "Thanks for not wasting our time." Three weeks later two-thirds of the class were gone, with half of those falling out of the 12 mile road march.
The video is about ranger school, not RASP
There was no "RASP" in my day. RIP was much harder than the first week of Ranger School. Three of the trainees I went to RIP with had Ranger tabs, having finished Ranger School after Infantry school. Yet none of them got through RIP. None of us cried, because these guys had graduated from Ranger School they had been made platoon leaders, and were real ********
Really helpful video! Thank you! I am just curious, what's that badge you have above air assault, looka really like the seal's bud?
Expert Field Medical Badge
It's a Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB)
I didnt know Devin Booker went through Ranger school.
RI roulette for push ups :/
I went to ranger school in 1980 and you had to be airborne qualified. How did that change?
People were using Ranger school to "cheat" to get airborne and would fail instantly. Airborne school is after Ranger School now.
I had the same thought when he pointed out that had no Airborne wings? This was unheard of when I was in the US Army in the 80's and 90's. Good video though.
@@rustie115 you're thinking of RASP, two completely different things.
Graduate of class 2-90!
done with your shame artist skills.
Thank you sir
Thank you!
GOLDEN DRAGONS!
Best advice.. Be hard
What is "Getting smoked?"?
Roasting the absolute shit out ppl for being a dumbass
Shit loads of hard back to back exercises to destroy your mind,body, & soul 🤙🏼😂
Do you fail pushups if your knees touch down for a moment?
Rhyan Roseman yea
Kinda dumb question was that
average players real tough guy on the internet I see. Say that to my face I doubt you would...
J. Krz thanks
average players I bet you’re a little pussy id drag in the mug if I got the chance... I’m a killer boy watch wtf you say or we can meet up
I had a company during basic where we got smoked everyday and our cq was terrible. We were short a drill each platoon. And we had psychos. It was the infamous Charlie 2-48
HELLO THERE ECHO BOI !!!!
JUNK VIDEO LISTEN TO IN !!!!!
I take it you were not selected ?
Selected for what?
Yeah what are you talking about bro?
Concussion**
Top ranger school tip everyone knows and nobody ever talks about, when you are on your first graded patrol and you sit down with the RI to get your grade, if and only if you get a no go on your first patrol, tell them you saw this video and you want a “first refusal one time take back” and they will log your patrol as a go. You have to say those exact words with a seven second pause between each word. Don’t ask, don’t tell. When you get to Florida and you’re graded out on your last patrol, do not worry! If you’re 3 and 5 or whatever, you will graduate. Trust me.
Definitely not the hardest 5 days in the army. RTL at sere was way worse
Sere is a survival and evasion course very hard
Sapper training is hard too
Six girl chin ups. Even Jump Schooll used to require 7 real pull-ups. My class had to do 15 pull-ups (hands facing away). The 5-mile run was in formation in BDUs while singing cadence. Now it's in PT shorts and an individual event. The ruck march in the mountains used to be in formation with a 68 -70 operational ruck and you had to stay within arm's length from the man in front of you. Now it's a 35 lb ruck and individual event. How gay is that?
Individual runs are WAY harder than formation runs lmao. And 15 pull-ups isn't hard.
15 pull-ups is easy bro n running/rucking is 10x easier in formation. You’ll go at a slower pace.
@@victormontana1411 I guess it depends upon who you have leading the formations and I guess if you have never run with men and experienced the accordion effect you probably don't know what the hell you're talking about. Add the BDUs and while singing cadence you claim that easier than running at own pace and distance. You have to sprint to fill in the gaps as people fall out. As the front of the formation gets to the top of the hill they speed up so those stuck in the back have to sprint to catch up. The ruck march with an operational ruck of 68-70 lbs required you to stay within arm's length of the soldier in front of you. If you weren't able to slap the rucksack in front of you when the instructors called "Rucksack" you were considered a fallout. Three of those and you were put on the truck as a failure.
Go do some pushups, real pushups and not head bobs, situps and then mount the pullup bar. Do your pullups without kipping like the Marine Corp and on a cadence. Up and hold it until the instructor is happy that everyone is up and gives the command of down. Repeat 15 times. If it were so easy then why was it the second standard dropped after the racist swim test?
@@teej783 back when it was tough brother! Much motivating sir! Imagine going on UA-cam for validation that you were tough once upon a time.
How come you were non airborne qualified? What do you have to do to be an airborne ranger?
Michael Thibault go to RASP
Michael Thibault so Ranger School and RASP are the same thing, except the ppl in RASP go on to be in the 75th?
@@mikolajnurkiewicz6015 Ranger school is different from rasp. Ranger school is a leadership course whereas rasp can grant you entry into the 75th. Different events and stuff
@@mikolajnurkiewicz6015 RASP is the selection so if you "pass" or "selected" then you are a ranger; Ranger school just means you are qualified to be a ranger. You normally will go to Ranger school even if you went through RASP.
He wasn't AIRBORNE because he hadn't at that point went to airborne school. Ranger school is a leadership school. RASP is a different beast
Sir, were these experiences from before or after the softening of standards so females could graduate?
If he went in 2014, then before I believe.
Rap week? Damn I better practice my rap again, haven’t done it since high school!
Can you wear sneakers and shorts for the 5 mile run?
Yeah for Ranger PFT you'll wear army PTs and running shoes
We called B co. Beno company. Be no chow, hair, sleep, slack!!!
😂😂😂
Leg Ranger WTF
Malvesti tastes delicious!!
Did you graduate from UofA???
8:10 "my recommendation is find the closest point first." 😂🤣
Thanks CPT DuuUuh
As a former RI, my recommendation is go there proficient at skill level 1-10 tasks, be fit and skip this video. Especially the part about pushups. IT'S JUST NORMAL PUSHUPS!
Thanks got any more advice
As A fOrMeR Ri !!!!! 😂
2:47 lol
Sir
Where is your combat patch?
Mario Lizarde he doesn't seem to wear one
Mario Lizarde ranger tab > anything you’ve done bud
He probably never deployed. He does have an expert medical badge which means he probably does not have a combat medical badge.
@@manuelubillus1075 Correct no deployments no combat. Life is good.
Umang Mehta Haha yeah no.
A CPT, a Ranger, yet no deployment... come on man
He’s lucky he hasn’t been deployed. My incle is a cw-5 and he’s been deployed and saw no combat
And he has cib right above is army
@@stone65037 cib and no combat? Can you elaborate?
average players that’s definitely not a CIB bud...
Yeah no one deploys anymore, what you want him to do?
To quote my friend.. i like food and sleep too much for that bs.
Good thing people like you arent defending merica
That was disrespectful. Just because I don't want to do ranger school doesn't make me a bad guy. I've been in the army infantry for 4 years. And going to Afghanistan soon. Try thinking before you speak. I made a joke and got crap from you. Relax. Not everyone wants to do ranger school.
Am i the only guy that wants to go to spec ops but i love watching and listening about other spec ops groups selection processes.
Do many pogues do Ranger training?
Mark Hassan *pogs. And many do
Only the ones that like to win at everything.
Biggest Ranger School Tip.
Don't go.
Armor Branch all the way.
you make it seem so easy-lol -11b
I was a life long wrestler when I went through RIP 1981. So during Combatives I got SMOKED because I beat up on 95% of my class! Good fun !#RLTW 🇺🇸🇺🇸🤙
Not everyone can be a Marine
Not every Marine can be a Marine Grunt
What’s funny is an Army Cook actually has more Infantry training than a Regular Marine. Served with plenty of Prior Service Marines and always heard that🤙🏼
Tyr Graham really how so? Not trying to be a smart ass I’m actually curious. Thanks in advance bro.
@@VikingWolf84 I'd take a Marine from literally any MOS in combat over an Army grunt. Marines know how to shoot, and have volume when they communicate in combat.
Literally anyone can be a marine
In 2020, Marine boot camp had a drop out rate of around 7%. Statistically speaking, you have to be a complete moron to fail Marine boot camp. All other services has a drop out rate between 10-12%. LOL. The Army Rangers has a 65% drop out rate. This is after all the candidates has already been screened and signed off by command to attend.
Oh look..a LEG Ranger. How cute
That doesn't even seem hard at all