How yould you describe someone who is Ranger-tabbed, versus serving in one of the ranger regiments?

The U.S. Army Ranger Association is the oldest organization currently in existence that supports members of the Ranger community regardless of the conflict in which they served or the unit to which they were assigned. The Association has been asked to weigh in on the question of who qualifies to use the title U.S. Army Ranger. Those who study Ranger history will know that this until-now good natured barracks debate has flared in one form or another for at least seventy years. The short answer to this question is that anyone who graduated from the U.S. Army's Ranger School or who served in a Ranger-designated unit qualifies. These qualifications have been enshrined, albeit in a bit more detail, within our bylaws for decades and are consistent with the stance taken by the Department of the Army.

https://members.ranger.org/Who-Is-A-Ranger

“There is no official U.S. Army policy regarding the use of the term ‘Ranger,’” said Lt. Col. Ramirez, the spokesman with the Army’s Office of the Chief of Public Affairs, adding that “The designation ‘Ranger’ has been associated with Soldiers who either graduated from Ranger School or are assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment.”

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-ranger-school-policy-unknown/

Bottom line, anyone who served in a Ranger unit or graduated from Ranger School can be called a Ranger.

If you were ever in the Regiment, or worked near them, you would have often heard "the tab is a school, the scroll is a way of life," implying that in contrast to those who did it for 70 days, they do it every day as a job.

In the context of any Infantry officer in any Infantry Bn, they would all be Ranger School graduates, and it would be redundant to mention that they completed Ranger school.
If they are any other basic or special branch in an Infantry Bn, I suppose it would be worth pointing it out if that experience was also germane to the topic.

Rangers appreciate that you seek to say this right. I suggest the following: "with one of my colleagues, a Ranger-qualified Officer in an Infantry battalion down the road, admitting to me..."

I served in C CO (75th Ranger) which was detached to 1st battalion 29th Infantry Regiment. I did not go to the school but was a machinegunner in Weapons. Those of us that hadn't gone to the Ranger Course (roughly 80%) prior to overseas duty stomped the same ground, slept in the same puddles and we wore a Ranger Patch. We WERE Rangers in the eyes of thsoe that came before us. Yes we needed some catch-up, still Brothers.
This was before the 1st Ranger Battalion was stood up in 1974.
About 10 years later when I was assigned to Scout Platoon, CSC, 4th Infantry Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, I was sent to Ranger School. I really didn't learn new Ranger Techniques while at the course but it did knock the rust off of me.
Did I feel any different about myself after graduating the Ranger Course? NO.
Both were distinct from each other but what made me a Ranger in each case was myself. I would say what makes a person capable of being a "Ranger" is what is present in the person's soul and mind.
Some people are cut out for it and only the trials and tribulations and their reaction to them will mentally prepare the person to be a ranger - either On-The-Job or Course trained.
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What is my advice to the individual?
1. Don't Quit.
2. Keep your Sense of Humor.
3. F.I.D.O.
What is my advice to the Army?
1. Keep the standards high.
2. Demand that the Rangers-At-Training (The 'R.A.T.s' as we called ourselves) keep humping so they can learn what abilities and plain gumption they have within themselves.
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There are 'Rangers' and then are those that are 'Tabbed'. One thing about those that were 'OJT Rangers' - they lived the life.
The 'Tabbed Rangers' that don't go to the Ranger regiment also often are tough MFs and live the life once they return to their units. The Regimental Rangers, both 'Tabbed and OJT' live the life also, they are where the culture reenforces the training.
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Hope this helps you in your research paper.

I'm not qualified to speak on behalf of Rangers or SF, so I'll speak for the receiving end of the hypothetical conversation from a civilian perspective.

The more words that have to be used to explain something to a laymen the less important or impressive the thing you are trying to explain to them is relative to their life. Don't make their eyes roll into the back of their head.

If you have to explain to the listener/reader what makes the Ranger dude special I don't think they care. So your "Army Buddy" is sufficient too.

The nuances we all here as service members and veterans are going to get all wound up about is attributing a level of military accomplishment that might not be due. So don't cross that line, and when speaking of the person in the THRID person when you are not in their presence then it shouldn't matter to the listener so long as the listener doesn't come away with thinking the service member is something more than they are. That's why "Army Buddy" is perfectly fine too if only because it doesn't over glorify them and the listener might not care anyway.

******OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just realized something**************

This line of discussion is WOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just in a different relative scenario.

Do you all see it? If Ranger, SF, SEAL, Green Beret, Delta Force, Grunt, Boot, were "PRONOUNS" how is this different than folks getting bent out of shape about pronouns attributed to them during discussions about them for which they are not present for and words they themselves will not hear, being shared with an audience that personally doesn't care?

We are trying to figure out the THEY/THEM lest we offend HE OR SHE. hahaha

Anyway, just thought that was funny...............

Talking about two different things. Ranger school is a training course, thus a Ranger tab is essentially a qualification badge indicating that the person demonstrated proficiency at Ranger School. Just state that the person is a "graduate of Ranger School." This indicates that they have undergone and passed the rigorous training and testing required to earn the Ranger Tab, demonstrating their proficiency in a variety of military skills and their readiness to serve in demanding tactical and operational environments.

The Ranger Regiment is one of the 'premier' of those demanding operational assignments. Their preparedness to "fight tonight" goes beyond what was learned in Ranger school and beyond what is typical in standard MTOE infantry units. Hence the saying that the Scroll is a way of life.

Good afternoon 1LT (Join to see). Excellent post. Thank you for sharing this Sir. In My opinion Sir, You can add in there that Ranger school is one of many tough and challenging programs that various Army NCOs and officers have to face in order to proudly were the Ranger tab. This program is so challenging that a few Soldiers manage not to make it through the entire program.

I earned my Tab in Ranger class 10-76. We were trained, or should I say abused, by all Vietnam era cadre. The old Vietnam Program of Instruction(POI) was exceptionally brutal, especially the North Vietnamese POW Camp. The Vietnam, to a Ranger Instructor, told us that we had endured more in our 3 months of Ranger School than they had in any of their many tours in Vietnam, minus the bullets. They called us “Ranger.” And, said from now on when someone saw our Ranger Tab on our shoulder we were now part a select Army brotherhood of elite soldiers. And, we would be called “Ranger.” And, as a young Infantry 2LT walking into my first Infantry Battalion in Germany in ‘77 my Ranger Tab was the first thing anyone noticed about me and they addressed me as Ranger.

Working with Ranger tabbed NCOs and Officers and being in the Ranger regiment their are signifanct differences but also some similarities. Those in Ranger Regiment saw the tab as a school to go to forward our careers. The regiment is a higher class of soldiers, who are high professionals in their positions. The ranger tab individuals in the regular units are seen as super stars. The school/tab is a very high fallout rate school so if you survive through the school then you are trained to be a higher quality soldier but you are still working in a not as high quality unit like the Ranger Regiment. A NCO or Officer with the tab is able to accomplish their job at a higher quality than those who do not go to ranger school at all.

"Ranger Qualified".