Posted on Mar 17, 2018
How can I get to Ranger School as fast as possible?
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So I am going to be shipping out soon this year. I was fortunate enough to get airborne on my contract(68W). My ultimate goal is Special forces. But I would like to earn the range tab before I can try out SF. How can I go to ranger school as fast as possible. My recruiter's answers were too vague. He said I can ask for ranger school in airborne school is that true? Or do I have to wait until I get to my unit. I googled and constantly tried to get this info but couldn't find it anywhere. Only answers are how to get prepared for ranger school, not how to get to ranger school. I have 24 credit hours so currently E-2 but after this semester and summer I will have 48 credit hours for E-3.
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You can get/ask in your contract to go to Ranger Unit witch means you can get RASP. If you pass/selected you will go to a Ranger designated unit. You can then, after some time, be selected to go to the Ranger course. On my contract I went to 82nd. I went to ranger school 27 months after I started basic training. Ranger Battlion assignment is the fastest.
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The quickest way to Ranger school is to have it in your enlistment contract. As a 68W if your assigned to an Infantry unit you will more than likely be visited by Special Forces Recruiters at some point. Your Recruiter is correct in that Ranger School does ask for volunteers sometimes from some of the Airborne classes to fill slots but they do not do this all the time and it is not a guarantee you will get asked. It is very difficult to get into Ranger School outside of a Enlistment contract. If I were you, I would be happy with just the opportunity to try out for Special Forces at some point. Your going to get tired of Army schools with what you have lined up already. BTW, Special Forces has a minimum age limit which is not usually waivered, I think it was 20 or 21 not sure which.
Also one thing for you to understand is your not going to see Ranger school for sometime because the way it works on the enlisted side is your assigned to RASP which is the Ranger Selection and Indoctrination program. Then your assigned to a Ranger Battalion for sometime and then you go to Ranger School. At the very least that whole lineup is a 3 year enlistment minimum. Plus they are not going to send you to the three month Ranger school only to see you jet off to Special Forces, doesn't work that way. They are going to expect you to enlist again into a Ranger Bn or extend your enlistment to make it worthwhile to spend the money on making you a Ranger. So now potentially your looking at two back to back enlistments just for the Ranger tab, then a third to try out for Special Forces.
Last but not least, if I had a nickle for every Private that posted on the Internet they were going to be Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces (the combo is very rare in the Active Army), I would be retired by now. Pass your 68W school first that is your first priority. Second get past Airborne School second. You know they can and will fail you from the first week of Airborne School just based on if a instructor looks at you and doesn't like you. It's hardly a fair school where everyone that shows up.......passes. Which you will see via your own observation. So like I said get through the schools you signed up for already and then make plans for the others.
Also one thing for you to understand is your not going to see Ranger school for sometime because the way it works on the enlisted side is your assigned to RASP which is the Ranger Selection and Indoctrination program. Then your assigned to a Ranger Battalion for sometime and then you go to Ranger School. At the very least that whole lineup is a 3 year enlistment minimum. Plus they are not going to send you to the three month Ranger school only to see you jet off to Special Forces, doesn't work that way. They are going to expect you to enlist again into a Ranger Bn or extend your enlistment to make it worthwhile to spend the money on making you a Ranger. So now potentially your looking at two back to back enlistments just for the Ranger tab, then a third to try out for Special Forces.
Last but not least, if I had a nickle for every Private that posted on the Internet they were going to be Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces (the combo is very rare in the Active Army), I would be retired by now. Pass your 68W school first that is your first priority. Second get past Airborne School second. You know they can and will fail you from the first week of Airborne School just based on if a instructor looks at you and doesn't like you. It's hardly a fair school where everyone that shows up.......passes. Which you will see via your own observation. So like I said get through the schools you signed up for already and then make plans for the others.
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Thank you very much this was much needed information. I have a 4 year contact and currently 21
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SPC Guenther is right. You haven’t even shipped yet. Get through basic training first. Get MOS qualified, go do jump school...do all that, and it should take up about 40 weeks out of your first year of your contract.
After that, it might be a good idea to get to your first unit and just learn a little how the Army works. Get your toes wet before you try dive head first. And you’ll start to realize and see that Rangers and SF and CAG and Skills and a bunch of other groups you’ve never heard of actually recruit and put up flyers “..and a recruiter will be on post Saturday following a PT test. wear civilian attire”.
But generally speaking, I think that’s the best chance for success. A new soldier works his way, successfully proving himself at each step. Basic, AIT, airborne, some unit time, and after a year or two, start to explore the avenues of more high speed world.
After that, it might be a good idea to get to your first unit and just learn a little how the Army works. Get your toes wet before you try dive head first. And you’ll start to realize and see that Rangers and SF and CAG and Skills and a bunch of other groups you’ve never heard of actually recruit and put up flyers “..and a recruiter will be on post Saturday following a PT test. wear civilian attire”.
But generally speaking, I think that’s the best chance for success. A new soldier works his way, successfully proving himself at each step. Basic, AIT, airborne, some unit time, and after a year or two, start to explore the avenues of more high speed world.
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MSG Louis Alexander
Food for thought: If you’re dead set on becoming an SF’r… I would suggest you get yourself in excellent physical and mental condition by completing Airborne training and getting into the Rangers. Once you’re tabbed, volunteer for Special Forces. The training you receive prior to the Q Course will certainly carry you over the top and if you maintain that standard, and do good in course study, your chances for selection will be greater. Stay focused! Don’t allow others to deter you from your goal.
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Jump out of a airplane, count to 4, land with a three point landing, and welcome to Ranger country. One foot in the door.
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