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[Strychnine]

Pjs are legit, they have to plug in anywhere be good at trauma med and recovery. Lots of qualifications to keep up for them. The guard units do some crazy stuff, mountain rescues, water rescues, go to Thailand and save kids.

Pjs controllers and TACPs all share an indoc now, at least part of one.

In another life i would have gone PJ.

I had a couple of buddies who were former PJ's. They had to cross-train out of the career field because of injuries, but they said as soon as they were good to go, they were going right back to it.

 

[San Marino]

I think attrition says a lot, buds destroys more dreams than ranger school and all the studs hit training prior that prepares them for their endeavor. Kind of the same with what the ccts pjs have going on. These guys are running 3mi in under 21min, passing the 500m open swim test, all those physical gates before arriving.

I have nothing against SEALs or BUD/S training. The training is indeed hard and selective, but of a different nature. Compare SAS vs. French Foreign Legion entrance. I think SAS selection is harder than Ranger school, Special Forces, or BUD/S. Classes graduating from 0 to 4 to 7 men out of 100. SEALs have a reputation for being young, immature, and inexperienced when compared to U.S. Special Forces. SF men are usually older, more mature, experienced and higher in rank. Same for Delta or 1st SFOD-D.

A well know SEAL fuck up was Operation Red Wings. An area of Afghanistan where U.S. Marines had already refused to operate. The mission was originally assigned to the Marines. Lieutenant Michael Murphy was killed for not knowing how to use a satellite phone. Petty Officer Danny Dietz, the comms guy, basically gets the 4 men team killed by not knowing how to use the radio for help. So, a radio fucked the mission up. All that training for nothing. This is not the first time I heard of SEALs not knowing how to use the most updated radio in the inventory for a mission. Then you have the whole fiasco with the CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

This is from one of your guys. SF Communications Sergeant (18E):

 

[San Marino]

But BUD/S is 6 months long. And no female has passed it yet whereas quite a few have graduated Ranger school.

...just give it some more time.
One will graduate once standards are lowered. If it happened to the U.S. Army, it will happen to the U.S. Navy.

 

[San Marino]

...and here we have a guy (NCO) who went through Ranger school, served with the 75th Ranger Regiment, and later became a 'green' beret with U.S. Special Forces after completion of the 'Q' Course. Also, SCUBA qualified. To him, Ranger school was the hardest school in the U.S. Army at the time.

 

[Thrawn33]

Is there a point to arguing whos baddies are baddest?

Unless you're a tier one guy posting here...who give a fuck?

And I'm all about service rivalry and shit talking, let's talk some shit based on personal experience:

USCG are best at actually driving ships and boats, but we poor and nobody likes us

USAF have best bases..but spoiled

USMC junior enlisted are the dumbest mother fuckers alive..but you kil shit goodest

USArmy JOs are absolutely embarassing...yall win wars in spite of this so cool on you

Navy have fast boats and things go boom boom....you are still terrible ship and boat drivers, try and prove me wrong

 

[San Marino]

Is there a point to arguing whos baddies are baddest?

Is there ever a point in arguing? A sharing of personal opinion and experience.

 

[drbolony]

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[My Spot]

@Mike Hagger @San Marino

 

[San Marino]

@Mike Hagger @San Marino

That is during Mountain Phase. An old school tradition with history to it. Chow Birds.

 

[My Spot]

That is during Mountain Phase. An old school tradition with history to it. Chow Birds.

Not during jungle/swamp phase? Eglin is less than 100 miles from Rucker.

 

[San Marino]

Not during jungle/swamp phase? Eglin is less than 100 miles from Rucker.

As I recall, it was during Mountain Phase. The school used buses to Florida.

 

[My Spot]

Also my buddy's son enlisted 11B Option 40, he's still an E3 and just checked in in December and 3/75 already sent his ass to Ranger school (currently in Darby phase).

 

[San Marino]

Also my buddy's son enlisted 11B Option 40, he's still an E3 and just checked in in December and 3/75 already sent his ass to Ranger school (currently in Darby phase).

Did this guy go through RASP first? I'm surprised the school is holding a class with the weather they have been having in Georgia.

 

[My Spot]

Did this guy go through RASP first? I'm surprised the school is holding a class with the weather they have been having in Georgia.

OSUT
pre RASP and RASP
Airborne (this is after RASP now since guys were gaming the system to steal airborne slots)
checked into 3/75

And yeah there's a class going on now up in Mountain phase like an hour north of me. They get an extra MRE a day during the winter.
It's funny because everyone including his dad told him it would be awhile before he had to get his tab. But I guess op tempo isn't what it was 10-15 years ago.

 

[San Marino]

OSUT
pre RASP and RASP
Airborne (this is after RASP now since guys were gaming the system to steal airborne slots)
checked into 3/75

How much of a break in between schools?
That is fast and brutal: RASP, Airborne school, and Ranger school.
...than again, I believe those females have now lowered the standards for the school. I hope this kid is in good shape and was able to put on some weight prior to Ranger school. You are going to come out of RASP and Airborne school with injuries. Major or minor ones.

 

[San Marino]

And yeah there's a class going on now up in Mountain phase like an hour north of me. They get an extra MRE a day during the winter.

It would be interesting to follow this class and see how many students drop out due to cold weather. I'm thinking the females will go out first.
I don't see any advantage in holding Ranger school during the winter. I went through IOBC during the winter (October "91 to March "92) at Ft. Benning and clearly remember breaking ice from my sleeping bag during field training exercises. The rain was equally as miserable. One of the best schools I attended during my time in the Infantry. I wonder how many of my colleagues were later killed or wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan.

 

[GreatSaintGuillotine]

Looks like theyre having a little too much fun during carnival season

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/national-guard-soldier-leaves-ar-15-in-french-quarter-bathroom/289-872f1063-adf4-4518-ad6f-c0a25e68abac

 

[Hotora86]

Dear Veterans, what is your opinion on the below?

 

[Strychnine]

Dear Veterans, what is your opinion on the below?

We don't get political here. We talk about our shared experiences and find the humor and support in them. There are plenty of other places in the War Room to step into that particular arena.

 

[Hotora86]

We don't get political here. We talk about our shared experiences and find the humor and support in them. There are plenty of other places in the War Room to step into that particular arena.

Understood.
My apologies.