Low Density MOS Rangers - The Soldiers You Hear Less About

I was in 2nd Bat for a few years I often tell people the most difficult job in the military is a cook in Ranger bat. These guys work all day and still have a combat mission that they have to go to ranges for and deploy for etc. it is truly amazing how dedicated these guys are especially because they tend to run one of the best chow halls on base, Rangers Lead the Way!

When i went to Vietnam i saw guys coming in who had completed basic and AIT then suddenly are sent to a war zone. They had no idea what they were doing, made all kinds of mistakes and a lot never made it home because they just were not trained to survive. Green berets got a lot of credit and not taking away from them their training can be up to about three years before they are deployed. But to me the rangers had the best training and did the most difficult missions. I learned to speak Vietnamese on my own and became fluent in about seven months. The team i had was all volunteers, and were to me the best of the best. They were ready to face anything we had to face. These guys in this video expressed the same sentiment about the rangers pushing for excellence that i am talking about.

is it just me ,. or were Rangers back in the early 90's wayyyyyyy skinnier ?

39:30 time mark; I think it prepares you for life, for dedication and commitment to all things in life. Being in BN is like having the volume cranked to 11. When you get out or go elsewhere everything is easier. See General Abrahms charter, we are meant to be an asset to those around us anywhere we go. On the other hand, the world is not battalion. Being a former Ranger is who I was, not who I am today. I think this gets lost on many people in the Army and Regiment in general... It's impossible to replace that identity but you must if you are going to find peace as a civilian. No one cares that I was in battalion as a civi. You've got to find personal value outside of that and work hard at being a good neighbor, good friend, good husband, good community contributor, good employee. For me finding my identity was crucial to moving on and integrating with society while building quality relationships that were mutually beneficial. It's hard to build relationships with those who didn't live that life so you've got to move beyond it.

These young non-commissioned officers are awesome.

Funny story,I went thru airborne school right after OSUT in July 2002,after our blood wings were duly given,I applied for Ranger school and I was asked what my MOS was,I said "31B Sgt"(military police),he look at me like I was beyond crazy and said "We don't need Blue Falcons here" and threw my CAC at me...Darn!

In the late 70" I was at HAAF in Savannah. Our primary mission was to fly the 1st/75 Ranger Bn. It was the best assignment of my Army career. You understood very quickly you never wanted to be on the other side of them.

I’m a 92F, During ait my drill sgt made me and another guy do a 5 mile run time. We then had to attend a 75th and 160th brief alongside with 92w 92r and 92L. At the time I was guard so I couldn’t, but now that I’m about to commission into quartermaster I’ll have to see if I can drop a packet. You just don’t hear the stories of the enablers in regiment

Back in the 70s I was photographer at McCord airbase. I worked with personal assigned to the 2nd of the 75th at ft. Lewis. They were outstanding Troops.

thankyou for your service. Currently in AIT for 68W. Volunteers are always wanted..

The thing to remember about units like Ranger Regiment is they don’t have to retain dirty bags like big Army does. I did some training with Regiment in the 80s, and was amazed how many of those young soldiers where not tab, but out doing the Ranger mission. True warriors!

thankyou for your service

They all have combat patches—RGT doesn’t hand out CIBs or CABs for deployments that don’t go kinetic— doesn’t mean they didn’t pull 160 days w/JSOTF in Syria. It’s not their choice who shoots at them and vice versa—if they are tested under fire, they will send the hate, no doubt!,🇺🇸🤙🏼

Also equally important is understanding the General Abrahms doesn't stop when you leave battalion, it carries on beyond regiment, no matter the reason for departure. (Including Removal for Standards or RFS as its known)

I know Tylergerkink he’s over at fort benning right now, the last time I seen him was at religious services, he was briefing trainees on the rules before we entered the church.

Would love to see you interview a "Low Density MOS" soldier from Regimental Reconnaissance Company

Kyle Neal is a freaking rockstar!! Glad to see you doing big things boss man. #SpartaLives

I was a 91B that got picked to be in LRSC made it to Halo plt but the PSG “didn’t know what to do with me” so I became the CO’s driver who was a green beret doing his company time before he can lead an ODA got in good with him, we had a 2 week field ops where we stayed in our compound and boathouse & 3rd detachments (waterborne plt) PSG SFC SHANAMAN from C-Co3/75 was also an mma fighter and found out that I boxed and he wanted me in his Det, he literally traded 2 inf guys to HQ for me to get on the teams (3-2) it was definitely the best time of my life.. had to learn the ranger creed, got my balls smoked, and got to do field/ range ops, fries zodiac training/ PT and even deployed with them boys!! they wanted me to reenlist and change my mos and go to ranger school but I was young and “in love” honestly wish I would’ve stayed in!!

Studs 🤙🏼🇺🇸 — They keep the machine moving, most people don’t know!!

@55:20 ... literally had this experience when I was enlisted back in the day.