What is life at the 75th Ranger Regiment like for somebody coming non-tabbed from the 82nd Airborne?

2016-01-22T20:26:35-05:00

I want to go and tryout for regiment, but my concern is that tab. I feel like who I am as a young enlisted, well disciplined hard working soldier that the tab shouldn't depict who I am. No disrespect to the tab because I want to go and earn it, but I feel like we put too much weight on it. I know leaders with the tab and they actually have not been that senior enlisted role model that they should be. I just want to know how life would be for myself coming from an airborne unit with 2 years as a SPC. Thank you

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 22 at 2016 8:32 PM

2016-01-22T20:32:46-05:00

You either want it more than anything, or you don't. Your life will be shit compared to your cush life right now. But, you will earn something that you can't get anywhere else because you pay so dearly for it. In the end, it will be the very best experience of your life.

Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Jan 22 at 2016 9:49 PM

2016-01-22T21:49:19-05:00

CPT Private RallyPoint Member will probably have some valuable insight for your question.

Response by CSM Michael Chavaree made Jan 22 at 2016 10:45 PM

2016-01-22T22:45:05-05:00

If you are not willing to go to Ranger school now, what makes you think you will then? As a 2 year SPC by the time you get there and finally get Ranger qualified you will be behind your peers that went right away. If you are ok with that, then apply. Regardless of who you have seen with a "tab" and weather you think they are the epitome of Ranger shouldnt change your desire to get Ranger qualified.

Response by COL Charles Williams made Jan 22 at 2016 10:50 PM

2016-01-22T22:50:42-05:00

If you really want to be best, really really want it, then ask for opportunity to go the Regiment, and that is where you get that Opportunity. You will have earn everything in the regiment, from the right to go there, to the right to stay, to the right have the opportunity to get your tab. But, you have got to want it, really want it.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2016 12:58 AM

2016-01-23T00:58:22-05:00

Spoken by a soldier that doesn't have a tab it may seem that way. For those that have the Ranger Tab is way to show you have been pushed to extreme limits and succeeded. It is the best leadership school for tactical operations in the Army. You will learn more about yourself than anything else while there. I came out a much better leader.

It is a school for elite soldiers. So those that complete should be considered a bit more elite. That is the name of the game. It is the same way how if you are a Doctor. People look at you different. Nothing is wrong with those that don't have but for those that do it means something. Also, if I were to go another Ranger and deploy with I would know that he and I went through the same thing and can handle it.

If you want to push yourself go to Ranger School but don't blame the system for showing favoritism for those that have been.

If you go to the 75th you will see hardships until you go to Ranger school. That is just how it is. I don't think it is the same in the 82nd. But if you have it then you will see a difference.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2016 1:02 AM

2016-01-23T01:02:23-05:00

I would also look to SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA for insight on this. He is there as an SPC in the 75th.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jan 23 at 2016 12:43 PM

2016-01-23T12:43:28-05:00

That is not a significant action you will win. Focus on the larger battles.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2016 2:25 PM

2016-01-23T14:25:28-05:00

Good soldiers are good soldiers because they're are good, the achievements they accumulate are because of hard work and determination. Tabs don't make good soldiers, but they are prerequisites (or highly encouraged) for certain positions in the Army. You can't be a Special Forces soldier without a Special Forces tab and you probably won't fair very well in Ranger BN as an infantryman without a Ranger tab. However, just because you get a tab doesn't mean you're awesome. They're are plenty of crap soldiers with all the tabs and badges you could imagine. There is also a difference between having Ranger tab and being a Ranger in Regiment...I'm neither, but have worked with plenty of guys who pointed this out - just ask a Ranger from Regiment.

You're a young soldier, if you want it, go get it. Don't question the process, just accept the challenge and go live the life.

Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 26 at 2016 6:01 AM

2016-01-26T06:01:54-05:00

I am Ranger qualified but never had the opportunity to serve in the 75th Ranger Regiment but I know many who have. Until you earn your tab you will be a second class citizen in that unit. From my experience and understanding the 75th sends PFCs after much preparation. As an 11B SPC without a tab you will be at a disadvantage as compared to other MOSs. I went to Airborne school with a CBERNE NCO who had passed RIP (the previous assessment and selection program) but he was scheduled for Ranger school. Ranger school was the most difficult thing I have done in the military including combat. You have to show up mentally and physically prepared and wanting it more than anything or you will not make it past the first week. My advice is to speak with the 75th Regiment recruiters if you haven't already; [login to see] .

Response by SGT Matt Voll made Jan 26 at 2016 6:32 AM

2016-01-26T06:32:38-05:00

I spent 4 years at the 75th and am now a doctor. The tab is a school, the 75th is a way of life! There are plenty of guys who are Spc that have not gone to school and are amazing. If you really want to be part of the most elite soldiers, stop trolling websites, sac the fuck up and go. RLTW!!

Response by SGT Brandon McCarty made Jan 26 at 2016 10:40 AM

2016-01-26T10:40:22-05:00

This is coming from an 11B who did all his 4 years in 3rd bat, and went to Ranger school within two years. I separated less than two years ago.

The literal value of the tab is debatable. But that is the system they use to weed out the ranks. The tab just means i'll now treat you like a ranger, not a child.

As an 11B, if you do not have a Ranger tab you are a "private" forever, period. If you enjoy having the responsibilities as a private than there ya go. Being a private in the Regiment is one of the worst experiences you can have. This is done on purpose to motivate you to go to school. Looking at your time in, they will want to send you to Ranger school immediately. If you don't go, then you will be labeled a shit bag and your life will be miserable, possibly being sent to an S shop or something similar. If you do go and pass, you will be treated like an NCO, and life gets better. That's the way it goes, make your decision based off of those facts.

Response by CPL Kevin Kumpe made Jan 27 at 2016 12:23 AM

2016-01-27T00:23:42-05:00

The 75th ranger regiment was the best days of my life in the army I am not an LAPD swat member because of it and joining a tier 3 special ops was the best thing that could ever happen to me upon graduation I receive a class ring for it as well.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 11 at 2016 1:23 AM

2016-02-11T01:23:55-05:00

Tab? Better try and get the scroll that's what really matters. I always wanted to go Ranger. All the folks that I know who are rangers always say, if you got the tab,but didnt deploy with a Ranger Regiment to earn the scroll(deployment patch), then you're not one. Lol

Response by PFC Tuan Trang made Feb 11 at 2016 1:02 PM

2016-02-11T13:02:29-05:00

It not about the tab, it about who you are, respect is what everyone should be doing.

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Feb 11 at 2016 2:16 PM

2016-02-11T14:16:04-05:00

Most of your junior Rangers in Batt will not have a tab simply because they have not yet had the opportunity to go. That is understood. however, it is also understood that if you are a non-tabbed Ranger in Batt, that you will go when the first opportunity presents itself.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Aug 23 at 2018 7:48 PM

2018-08-23T19:48:21-04:00

Be proud of everything you earn!

Response by SGT Everett M. Cheney made Sep 4 at 2018 5:37 PM

2018-09-04T17:37:07-04:00

I can tell you as a 80’s third bat Medic , you do not want to approach the Ranger family with any comments or mindset that is from the onset even giving off the appearance of diminishing being a Ranger “tabbed” out or a Ranger serving as a Regt or Bn. Member. You. Can’t even entertain those thoughts IF you ever plan to succeed in serving there. All the hurdles and hardships are inexorably linked with Living the scroll and earning the tab. To pick at it and dissect like so many “haters” that have never been ,nor never will be part of one of the greatest families I’ve ever known , to pick and dissect is a symptom of the “sour grapes syndrome “ . There is no room in the Ranger heart for anything but total commitment love and respect for all his Ranger brothers no matter what scroll no matter tabbed or not. I’ve linked up with fellow Ranger buddies I haven’t seen in decades and my wife commented that it was an amazing transformation to see . It was if we were finishing a conversation we had just been discussing the day before ! The sense of family and unwavering love and sacrifice is impossible to explain to someone outside “the life” and to all those who have lived or are living “the life” no explanation is ever needed.
You need to immediately reassess your decision making paradigm if you are allowing head space for such thoughts. Either purge that “Outside the wire” thought process or.. don’t even step foot into the arena.
No disrespect intended. All true words

Response by MSG James Devereaux made Nov 30 at 2018 10:00 AM

2018-11-30T10:00:28-05:00

You really don’t need to go. You’ll be eaten alive....