What Does it Take to Be in the 75th Ranger Regiment?

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[ds]

My RIP class started with 300 and graduated 30. After a year in battalion only 9 of us were left

[trashpanda]

I tore my rotator cuff at Cole range. Had a cool ass RI that talked me off the ledge when I thought my whole life was over. SSG McDowell. He was killed in Afghanistan like a year later.

[jimmyelliott]

Being a “regular” Army soldier if you get the chance to work with Rangers, you shut up, listen, and watch. I spent a miles gear 5 day engagement with a Ranger. Neither of us got “hit” the whole time. He helped lead me to graduating Valedictorian of that class. It was PLDC at Ft Lewis NCO Academy. Class 91-05. Thank you SGT Nelson of 2nd Battalion 75th Rangers.

[kfiscal]

My old man was a Ranger in Vietnam, 68-69. Bronze star and a Purple Heart w/Valor. He is without a doubt the toughest man ive known. Being a Lrrp, his missions would make your hair stand up. The stories, the ones he has shared with me are fascinating as well as terrifying. He's beat the odds by being smart, well trained, and an overall badass.

[Hustler_]

I had a manager at my old warehouse job who was 75th ranger regiment. We had pre shift meetings and the managers would say what they had to say like how much we would process or when we would be done and such, but when he led the meetings it was like he forgot he wasn’t in the regiment anymore and talking to a bunch of civilians lmao, you could tell he was a natural leader accompanied by being a ranger, his meetings even had the old women fired up and ready to go 😂😂😂😂

[FranklinLoomis]

I’m there with you, 9 years with the 2/75 RGR- bad jump and heavy rucks on your back gave me 40% disability for my back alone! Nothing but great memories now that I look back on it, I was one of the 1% in the Army! RLTW/AATW

[bobs]

I went through RIP in "82" and was assigned to 1st Bat. I was the only one in my platoon who had NOT been in Vietnam. Luckily I realized quickly that I had been put with "the old guys" to learn. What I learned first and foremost was that those guys were the OG bearded bastards.

[brantothedon]

Even if you're a badass if you don't fit in. You don't make the cut.

[BeardedChieftain]

As an Aussie, it has been one of the greatest honours in my life to have a few of the Lads from the Batts call me "Brother".

[justinbaker]

We ran a 5 minute mile in a formation of 60 or 70 men one frozen Georgia morning in 2005 in R.I.P.. A 5 minute mile was puke P.T. Our Cadre was SFC Erin Nash, who went on to win The Best Ranger Competition that year. He was 6'2" or taller. The average Ranger student was 5'8" inches or shorter, so to do a 5 minute mile with him meant we took 659 more steps per mile more than he did. We did that as a group of 60+
I never vomited, but several did. They puked or swallowed it, and the formation kept a 5 minute mile pace because it wasn't us that were being trained that day. It was S.F.C. Erin Nash training to be The Best Ranger.
Being a Ranger is and will always be about pure intestinal fortitude. We will eat enemy flesh tonight to survive long enough to eat enemy flesh tomorrow. RLTW! WINTER STRIKE 2004! X2. The tomahawk is sharp, Boys! Let's save the country and take some trophies.

[JB-ujmz]

Was always a pleasure to work along side Ranger Batt. They are dependable and always Lead The Way!🇺🇸💪🏼🙏🏼🤙🏼

[ghostmost]

(1982) Im Marine Infantry B Co 1/9 wpns platoon 0331. My Platoon Sgt. Sgt Nash who carried the nickname Sgt Rock repsectfully earned, applied for and was sent to Army Ranger School. He finished 2nd in his class. I was on Firewatch the day returned. I didnt recognize him. He had lost about 90% of all his muscle tone and his eyes were sunk vack in his head. We talked for a minute before he climbed ibto his rack. He slept the rest of that day, through the night and half the next day. We thought he died in his sleep. It took him more than a month to get even somewhat back to his normal.

Much repect to Army SF

[sevenfivemedia]

Haha selection is the easy part. The hard part is finishing a 20 year career as a Ranger. Very few on this planet can say they have. I did nine, and it broke me. Literally.

[wanderingknight]

More ranger speakers ..they just come across as extremely honest people

[jackstraw]

We graduated roughly 50% of my RIP class. I was one of 9 assigned to 1/75, two weeks later I was the only one left standing. Growing up in BN is not for the weak.

[Ragnarskol]

Spot on. There's shitbags that slip through the cracks but they get exposed fast then RFS'd.

[jeremiemcknight]

We were OSUT for 11B.
We were shown some “high speed” VHS of the Green Berets. The video mentioned “sleep and nutrition deprivation”. I was like “nope, send me to my unit!”

[CowboysCreed]

I saw lots of guys with deployment scrolls at JBLM but with a 2ID patch and sometimes no tab. It’s crazy how many dudes they RFS and throw to the curb.

[irishdefense]

Totally true what John says.Going to a Ranger Batt, everything you do is a test-no one respects anything about you and you are lower than dog shit until you prove yourself.Even then, it’s constant soul crushing PT and training and deployments.The Op tempo is insane.

[monkeyboy]

I was one of the first RIP instructors. 1/75 Ranger Bn. (Class 10/77) RLTW 👋🏼🐵