Posted on Jan 24, 2021
Tom Cotton Blasted for Claims About Being an Army Ranger by Lawmaker Who Was One | News Break
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I never understood why people have to make up extra stuff when their service itself is honorable.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
He didn't make up anything. People who've been to the school are commonly called Rangers.
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SPC Kevin Ford
Capt Gregory Prickett - Thanks for that and you are correct. The article should have mentioned he completed Ranger school. He had the tab so I would have said he was a Ranger too.
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SSG Michael Hartsfield
As it was explained to me, it's like being SEAL qualified but not being on a SEAL team.
All you got was the training.
All you got was the training.
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SSG Robert Perrotto
There is a difference between being Tabbed and being scrolled. One is you just succesfully completed the school, the other is you served in a Ranger Battalion.
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I don't like Cotton, but this is BS. Cotton was Ranger-tabbed, and had either an SQI of "G" (Ranger) or "V" (Ranger-parachutist). I had an SQI of "P" (Parachutist) and I served with a jump unit (2d Bn (Abn) - 143d Inf, 36th Abn Bde), but I would not denigrate someone who had been to jump school but not yet been assigned to a jump unit.
It is also common in the Army to call someone a Ranger who has been tabbed a Ranger.
It is also common in the Army to call someone a Ranger who has been tabbed a Ranger.
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