How Does an Army Ranger Spend a Work Day?
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General Overview
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An army ranger is part of the light infantry special operations division in the United States Army. He is skilled in light combat and direct action techniques. As members of the light infantry division, army rangers are often the first to arrive on the battle scene. They are responsible for slowing down the enemy and delaying the fighting for as long as possible. Army rangers were first recruited and trained for the Korean War in the 1950s.
Typical Workday
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A U.S. army ranger spends a typical workday doing everything to ensure the safety of the nation and its people. During a typical day in wartime, an army ranger spends the day (from very early in the morning to late in the evening) directing raids against enemy territories, seizing strategic air fields or battle zones, leading groups of soldiers into combat, capturing or killing enemies, keeping vigilant watch over army bases, destroying strategic enemy establishments, conducting combat on the field, in the water and in the air, and conducting various missions in support of the United States. During times of peace, the off-duty army ranger spends a typical workday training and preparing for any future battles, as well as recruiting members and training new recruits.
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Qualifications
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A person interested in becoming an army ranger must first complete a 9-week basic training course. Afterward, he must attend courses for Advanced Individual Training, which awards graduates with a Military Occupational Specialty. The individual training is followed by airborne training. Upon successful completion of airborne training, the recruit graduates from the entire training course and receives membership in the United States Army Ranger Regiment. Interested persons must inquire at a local army recruiting office.
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oldtimergr
Feb 15, 2010
What a joke. Stick to subjects you know something about. You did not even copy information out of the most common books or websites correctly. nothing in your article is correct or useful information. If you want to know you will have to join and make it into the regiment and that is very hard to do, but staying in the regiment is even harder. -
bigranger75th
Apr 02, 2009
You never know what your day is going to be like at a Ranger. You have wonderful things like what we called "EDRE's" or one morning I was pulling what is called CQ (or Charge of quarters in 1983), I got a call from BN HQ and we called all everyone back (commonly called RRF Ranger ready force) we needed to be within 6 hours of being back in the quad. My friends when to OR for the weekend so they were a little late getting back. I called the Company co my self that morning. We thought it was a drill. No we went to Hunter Army airfield and then to Grenada. I got my combat wings, shot down in a helicoptor going into St George taking fire from the groud. I still have hearing loss from that one. SO no one can tell you what or when you will be doing anything in a Ranger BN. Other then the President of the good ol USA.
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bigranger75th
Apr 02, 2009
You never know what your day is going to be like at a Ranger. You have wonderful things like what we called "EDRE's" or one morning I was pulling what is called CQ (or Charge of quarters in 1983), I got a call from BN HQ and we called all everyone back (commonly called RRF Ranger ready force) we needed to be within 6 hours of being back in the quad. My friends when to OR for the weekend so they were a little late getting back. I called the Company co my self that morning. We thought it was a drill. No we went to Hunter Army airfield and then to Grenada. I got my combat wings, shot down in a helicoptor going into St George taking fire from the groud. I still have hearing loss from that one. SO no one can tell you what or when you will be doing anything in a Ranger BN. Other then the President of the good ol USA.
