[UWOA (RIP)]

I'm an FOG, too. So I guess posting to a two-year-old query helps me go back in time, yet provides a window forward to those who come across this during their search for information along this line ....

Besides all the cogent information provided above, you will find the biggest stumbling block to attending Ranger School is funds availability. I say that having been the S-3 for a Ranger company (LRRP) in the Indiana National Guard. Even though our mission demanded Ranger qualified soldiers, we still had difficulty getting slots/funds. Even though decades have passed the situation probably remains nearly the same -- you will be competing with huge numbers of active duty folks as well as graduating West Point classes. When I attended, I was assigned to 10th SFG (A). My ranger buddy in the Florida phase was one of two NG soldiers in the class ... two out of probably 350 (counting recycles) in that training cycle -- not a lot -- even though we also had Marines, Canadians, Thais, and SEALs in the class. My ranger buddy was from 19th Group, if that tells you something.

Bottom line, complete SFQC first; you'll have a better chance of going to Ranger school then ... and be better prepared to successfully complete the course -- that's if you have what it takes to complete SFQC.

As has been said here in other posts -- they're two completely different "animals".

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