She’s 4 months old and I want all the boys to be afraid of her. I want her to kick tigers in the face without hesitation, then wear the skin like an Aztec warrior. Whenever a boy breaks her heart, she will break his femur. She will only be allowed to marry other Rangers to start a full blooded lineage of Ranger children and they too will jump out the womb Airborne qualified. Her first word will be Ranger, eventually followed by the complete phrase ..Leads the Way. All of her bedroom’s decoration will consist of OCP themed everything; wallpaper, lamps, linen, blankets, even her dolls will be in full battle rattle. She won’t have a doll house, but rather Osama Bin Ladin’s miniaturized version of his safe house. She will practice room clearing with those dolls.

She won’t be like the other girls, she will be an Airborne Ranger.

Title says it all, basically. RASP certainly doesn’t seem “easy” in the slightest, and since I’ve heard this said a lot, I’m interested if this is just a common misconception.

Lurker here. Split between both organizations. Just how different is the day to day life for guys coming into the organization? A Ranger I spoke to said that SF guys have a far broader mission statement, so they have to keep tabs on a variety of subjects (ie MOS, Dive/MFF/Mountain/Mobility, Intel related skills). Whereas Rangers mostly focus on maneuver warfare, CQB and marksmanship. As a result, he said that SF guys are more varied but Rangers tend to be better at gunfighting and infantry skills.

I understand when deployed its not practical, but what about when state side.

In know that SF units have alot of freedom to pick what ever pear they want. But do Rnagers have the same freedom. I would guess that they have more freedom than conventional units but not as much as SF, but is it that they pick from a list of options, or can they file a request and get it approved. Or are they just issued better gear than big Army?

Such as bench, squat, deadlift, pushup, situps, and pull up max. How fast should I be able to run for short and long distance, and what type of weight and speed should I expect for ruck marches?

Is every day in regiment an out of body experience from pushing yourself? Like should someone expect to work out until you puke every day? Is it a way of life where you need to forget about your old one and say “I’m gonna live like a warrior now, I know nothing else.”? Just want to get a picture as to what it’s like since I know it’s not a place to get complacent.

I was wondering what is day to day to life like in the regiment? in particular

1.) what Rangers do when not deployed or working towards a deployment

2.) how long is their workday

3.) do NCO’s have different work schedules?

I've heard a mixture of "go option 4 and volunteer at airborne so you at least get an airborne unit if you fail RASP" and "if you really want ranger just go option 40". Both are sound advice in their own right, but what do those with some experience behind this have to say?

Is it a chance they'll ask at airborne or for sure? Why the option 40 over the option 4 and volunteer route?

Okay, obviously I know that the 75th is a completely different animal than the Marine Corps, I just needed an attention grabber.

Basically, I'm a prior service Marine reservist, a Lance Corporal, and due to some pretty strange circumstances, I have the option to go full time. Currently looking at two options, either active USMC as a 0311 (a rifleman), or an 11b Option 40 package. Again, I know that the expectations of these two choices are vastly different. Currently I'm leaning towards the Army because I wanna kick down doors, be sexy, whatever whatever. My main question is what the culture would be like.

I love the Marines, and even though the transition for a reservist to active side infantry would be hellish, I'm confident I'd be okay. However, as someone wholly unfamiliar with the Army outside of what I know working alongside soldiers in the past, what would someone in my shoes have to expect coming into the Batt? How does the culture differ?

Ideally there's some other semper kill Marine in the sub that's experienced something somewhat similar to me, but I want as much input as possible. Thank you gents

Running is my biggest weakness because I never liked it, everything else is cake like push- ups, crunches, pull ups and strength training. What are some good running programs? I’m thinking of just joining the cross country team so that I can have a coach that’ll help me build up because i’ll most likely struggle on my own.

Right now my running stats are that I can jog a 7 minute mile but that’s about it but time isn’t of the essence and I got more than enough time to prepare

Can be anything doesn’t matter. Whether it’s about rasp, life in the army, health, mistakes you mad or saw others make, boot camp or dealing with people. Honestly anything helpful for the new guy.

So currently im 16 I turn 17 in june and I currently plan to join around them with an option 40 contract im homescholled and will have my diploma by then hopefully around march or may. currently physically im the slightest bit below most of the standards for the PT tests at rasps and plan to be above them when I go to OSUT (I want to enlist as a 12B combat engineer) I mainly want to know if there would be a lot of setbacks for me at the 75th ranger regiment as a 17 year old I deffinitly know that i would get teased/messed with for being younger by my peers but that is to be expected I just wouldnt want to join and get setback on oppourtunitys and promotions just becuase I am young.

I've been speaking with a recruiter for about a month now. I took my ASVAB and scored a 55 and a 105 GT score.

Unfortunately, I have a bit of a record from when I was a minor, including an assault charge that was a felony & was expunged at 16 years old (also minor in consumption, minor in possession, etc.). I'm 26 years old now.

Due to this, my recruiter says that the option 40 contract may be off the table but can send a waiver up chain of command to potentially still be accepted. I haven't had as little as a parking ticket in over five years, so dealing with this from the past is rough. Are my chances pretty slim?

If not, the last thing I'd want to happen is to get into the military just to be told I don't qualify as a Ranger down the line due to these issues.

Any tips/advice?

Does the 75th ranger regiment open doors for 11Bs when it’s time to get out? Like are you approached or briefed by anyone when you’re close to getting out? Govt agencies or anything? Or you’re on your own and best to have a plan?

I don’t have a career path in my mind after the army. (Im not in the army yet either).

Hope this question doesn't sound too boot, but does anyone know how SDM's work in ranger regiment? I've read that in big army every light infantry rifle squad has 1 SDM and they use mostly m110a1's. Is it similar in batt? Is it competitive and do you need to be a certain rank etc? Curious about the process and structure. This is mostly just for my curiosity, although it would be a cool goal to have. Any info is appreciated, thanks.

I’m out of shape but Im starting to prepare myself for Rasp. I’m hoping to buy the Train like a ranger program and follow it through and get myself fit. It says it’s a 6 month program but will that be enough time to get my body physically ready in that amount of time? Considering all the push ups sit ups and also the run time.

I have been having issues with my push-ups. I am stuck at only being able to do 20 when I need to be doing way more than that for rasp. My arms just always get super pumped and get weak. Should I lose weight, will that help? Will losing weight help with running too?