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05-29-2009, 11:58 AM
Loose Cannon
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What happens when a soldier graduates from Ranger School is that they earn the Ranger SQI (a little alphanumeric indicator added to their MOS code) and of course, they get to wear the coveted tab. In that sense, anybody who's graduated from the Ranger School has earned the "right" to be called a Ranger. In a colloquial and everyday human resources/personnel classification context though, the term "Ranger" almost exclusively refers to the Ranger School graduates who are actually assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment and "Ranger-qualified" refers to those graduates who are assigned elsewhere. It sounds counterintuitive, but in many ways, it makes it simpler and cuts down on confusion when trying to determine where a soldier's unit is for the guys in charge of keeping track of personnel assignments.
The non-75th RR soldiers who go to Ranger School aren't really meant to serve as "back-ups" for the regiment. Many of them are soldiers looking for Ranger School as a step towards career advancement while others are exceptional soldiers (or even Marines or Airmen) sent by their commanding officers for further training, and are expected to return to their "home" unit after training and bring their new expertise with them to raise the proficiency level of his unit.
I guess the real question is what happens to the guys that don't get into the 75th but are hoping to. I suppose they get assigned elsewhere. They only need so many NCOs or officers. There must not be any privates in the Ranger Regiment. Everyone comes from a different unit anyway right? You have to be Airborne Qualified to even become a Ranger. So at least E-3 to try out for Ranger School. But it's also considered a Leadership training so that's why its important for career infantrymen to attend Ranger School.
Now I suppose there are Support staff attached to the Regiment but how do they get deployed. I mean does the food Service guys really need to be Ranger qualified? No.
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