As part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, you'll specialize in combat missions deep inside enemy territory—a task only the best-trained can carry out in this branch of the elite Special Operations Forces.
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Becoming a Ranger is an honor shared by a select few, calling for mental toughness, physical fitness, moral character, and motivation to endure the challenges you’ll face in the field. You’ll be a member of one of five battalions, on a team designed to complete missions that call for speed, precision, and heavy firepower, including rifles, machine guns, and explosives.
Army Ranger missions consist of three main pillars that include a wide variety of enemy combat operations.
Special operations raids are designed to seize, destroy, or capture enemy goods and locations. Rangers rely on the element of surprise to execute these missions effectively.
Joint forcible entry includes taking over airfields and is a traditional element of Ranger operations.
Special reconnaissance, which includes gathering intelligence on enemies, is crucial to many Ranger operations and a very important aspect of training.
Army Rangers take on some of the most advanced and rigorous training in the Army. To become a Ranger, you’ll first be tested in the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP)—a two-phase program to test your abilities and train you to become an Army Ranger. Following RASP, you can volunteer to go through Ranger School, known as one of the toughest training experiences in the Army.
In Phase 1, you’ll go through physical and psychological tests, as well as be assessed on your strength of character and leadership skills. This phase includes a 12-mile ruck march with a 35-pound dry rucksack in full uniform, land navigation exercises, and medical first responder tests.
Phase 2 includes skills training. You’ll prepare for Ranger duties by learning the skills and techniques for direct-action combat, airfield seizure, personnel recovery, marksmanship, and explosives.
Ranger School is completely voluntary, but necessary to lead in the 75th Ranger Regiment. If you choose to attend, you’ll spend the first 20 days preparing your mind and body for the rest of Ranger School. The next 21 days are spent in the mountains learning combat patrol missions. In the final phase of Ranger School, you’ll lead small teams to conduct missions in swamps while under extreme stress.
Train.
Train.
Endure.
Endure.
Overcome.
Overcome.
You’ll face some of the hardest physical challenges in your pursuit to becoming an Army Ranger. To succeed at RASP, you’ll need to complete a 15-meter swim in full uniform, a five-mile run in under 40 minutes, and a 12-mile march with a 35-pound ruck. Before you start RASP, you’ll need to pass a pre-RASP Army Ranger fitness tests.
The pre-RASP fitness test includes:
41 hand-release push-ups
Two-minute, 35-second plank
Two-mile run
Six pull-ups
Six-mile ruck march
All Rangers must be active-duty enlisted Soldiers or Army Officers. There are different requirements for each.
Enlisted
Officer
Be a U.S. citizen.
Have an ASVAB placement test TECH score of 105 or above.
Meet physical fitness requirements by completing the Army Fitness Test (AFT), clearing the height and weight standards.
Have a specific Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) authorized to be hired by the 75th Ranger Regiment, including Infantryman (11B), Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic (91B), Parachute Rigger (92R), and many more.
Re-class into a Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) found in the 75th Ranger Regiment.
Be eligible for a secret security clearance.
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Yes. After completing Basic Combat Training (BCT) and Advanced Individual Training (AIT), Soldiers interested in becoming a part of the 75th Ranger Regiment can be screened for the first step of becoming an Army Ranger: Ranger Assessment and Selection (RASP).
Rangers are role-model Soldiers physically, mentally, and morally. They make sound judgments, and they never quit, though their bodies may tell them to. Rangers demonstrate discipline both on and off duty.
When Rangers are not deployed, they intensely focus on physical fitness and individual training to be ready to deploy at any minute. Otherwise, life on base is similar to any typical Army unit. Additionally, Rangers have excellent Soldier & Family Readiness Groups, providing routine updates about deployments and training exercises, and providing support for challenges related to deployment. Rangers are stationed in one of three bases in the United States: Fort Benning, Hunter Army Airfield, and Joint Base Lewis McChord.
No, you must be active-duty status in the U.S. Army.
Yes. Non-commissioned Officers (NCOs) and Warrant Officers, at ranks of staff sergeant and above, are encouraged to apply. If accepted, they’ll attend RASP 2, a three-week selection course where Officer candidates (including commissioned Officers) are tested on their physical and mental capabilities while learning the special tactics, techniques, and procedures that set the regiment apart, as well as the expectations of leading and developing young Rangers.
While the modern 75th Ranger Regiment was established relatively recently, U.S. military units with the same operational philosophy as the Rangers have existed since before the American Revolution. After the attack against the U.S. on September 11, 2001, the 75th Ranger Regiment immediately prepared to “Lead the Way,” spearheading the initial ground invasion of Afghanistan, just as the Rangers did at Normandy in 1944, Grenada in 1983, and Panama in 1989. The Rangers’ iconic motto “Rangers, Lead the Way!” was coined during the Allied invasion of Normandy.
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