How difficult is RASP1?

Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:17:49 -0500

I recently signed an 11X contract with Airborne; I would've signed an Option 40 but there wasn't any available. I'm still in high school and won't leave for OSUT until June, though I've already began to prepare. Is RASP really that difficult, or is all the hype about it's rigor a way to keep those who are unmotivated from attempting the course?

Whether it's truly that hard or not, I'll still volunteer for RASP at BAC because this is something that I want to do and the fact that it may be hard doesn't really deter me. Life's hard, it is what it is. In saying that, I just want to make sure that I'm both physically and mentally prepared for the challenge.

Also, if one was to enter IET with a fairly good base of fitness, would OSUT and BAC prepare someone for the physical rigors of RASP? I self conducted a test yesterday, my 5 mile time is rather lackluster (41:17) though I've satisfied the minimum requirements in every other category of the RASP PFT (74 push ups, 81 sit ups, and 9 pull ups).

Thanks, any information and advice that you all have would be greatly appreciated.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 5 at 2021 6:19 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:19:55 -0500

Tracking, as I would like to know as well!

Response by SSG Leroy Farmer made Feb 5 at 2021 6:23 PM

SSG Leroy Farmer — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:23:41 -0500

Be prepared for the greatest challenge of your life. If you are selected though, you will have the eternal honor of being a Ranger.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 5 at 2021 6:39 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:39:25 -0500

It's the most difficult thing you'll ever try.

I passed RASP back when it was called RIP. I PreRanger, Ranger School, and Special Forces Selection - SFAS, and the RIP/RASP was by far the toughest of any of those courses

You say you're ready for a challenge? It's not a challenge. It's a constant attempt to get you to quit. Weeks on end of pushing you before daybreak till well into the night, running, tucking, getting smoked, and constantly being asked to quit. Being told to quit. Being told we're not stopping till someone, anyone, quits. No one is physically ready for it, that's the whole point. If you can run 5 miles, then you'll run 10 miles uphill carrying your buddy, long past when your legs give out, just to see if you'll quit.

I don't think there is a way to be ready for it if you aren't a collegiate or professional athlete. But you will find out what your quitting point is

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 5 at 2021 6:55 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:55:00 -0500

It will suck- every day. Embrace it.
What fire does not destroy it hardens.
RLTW!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 5 at 2021 7:06 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:06:21 -0500

In any type of selection like RASP you'll be tasked with physically impossible task to complete. You cannot physically pass everything thrown at you, so being in shape is simply not enough. In regards to most selections in the special operations community, its the mind that needs to be the strongest, not the body.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Feb 5 at 2021 11:57 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:57:56 -0500

Oh, by the way, No one ever gains weight at RASP/RIP Normal weight loss is 10-15 lbs.

Response by SSG Don Maggart made Feb 6 at 2021 12:50 PM

SSG Don Maggart — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 12:50:11 -0500

11X Unassigned if you Wash you'll scrub floors till DEROS

Response by SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA made Feb 7 at 2021 1:17 PM

SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 13:17:24 -0500

There's only one way to find out.

Response by SPC Kenneth Koerperich made Feb 9 at 2021 10:24 PM

SPC Kenneth Koerperich — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 22:24:50 -0500

All good answers, but you all left out the 1 and only thing that matters, the Peer to Peer Scoring...Unless thats changed since I was in....It used to be 50% of your score, and if "they" thought you needed to go, you got sent....The rest as stated is just mental challenges that can be over come unless you're a snowflake...