lonewolfe78
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Hello Rangers!
As an IET soldier training to become a 35P (Arabic) Cryptologic Linguist, if I were to pursue joining the 75th Ranger Regiment:
1) Would I find it difficult to get a slot in RASP as a PFC straight out of AIT/BAC? At the Airborne brief here at DLI the Airborne Recruiter told us that on the first day of BAC a Ranger Recruiter comes out and asks "Who wants to volunteer to try out for my Regiment?" Is this true? (I wasn't able to get an Opt. 40 in my contract)
2) Are all combat support/MI MOS's like mine automatically sent to RSTB in Georgia upon completion of RASP or could we be attached to the actual Battalions too? (Such as 2nd Batt. at Ft. Lewis)
3) Is it pretty common for RSTB to allow their MI soldiers to go to Ranger School?
4) More generally, do any Rangers out there care to comment on 35P's in Ranger Batt / RSTB? Not asking for OPSEC risky details but just general observations, like our usefulness, weaknesses in 35P/MI you notice I should square away before donning the tan beret, are 35P/MI honestly considered Rangers as long as we're in the Regiment with RASP and RS under our belts, etc.?
I tried using forum search and Google for the answers to these questions but haven't been able to find them. I also searched ArmyRanger.com to no avail.
Thank you, Rangers, and other knowledgeable voices on this board!
As an IET soldier training to become a 35P (Arabic) Cryptologic Linguist, if I were to pursue joining the 75th Ranger Regiment:
1) Would I find it difficult to get a slot in RASP as a PFC straight out of AIT/BAC? At the Airborne brief here at DLI the Airborne Recruiter told us that on the first day of BAC a Ranger Recruiter comes out and asks "Who wants to volunteer to try out for my Regiment?" Is this true? (I wasn't able to get an Opt. 40 in my contract)
2) Are all combat support/MI MOS's like mine automatically sent to RSTB in Georgia upon completion of RASP or could we be attached to the actual Battalions too? (Such as 2nd Batt. at Ft. Lewis)
3) Is it pretty common for RSTB to allow their MI soldiers to go to Ranger School?
4) More generally, do any Rangers out there care to comment on 35P's in Ranger Batt / RSTB? Not asking for OPSEC risky details but just general observations, like our usefulness, weaknesses in 35P/MI you notice I should square away before donning the tan beret, are 35P/MI honestly considered Rangers as long as we're in the Regiment with RASP and RS under our belts, etc.?
I tried using forum search and Google for the answers to these questions but haven't been able to find them. I also searched ArmyRanger.com to no avail.
Thank you, Rangers, and other knowledgeable voices on this board!