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Originally Posted by Powder
This one looks like it's been dead for a while but I want to confirm some RUMINT flying around amongst the men who've done it already.
One of the Lt's in my unit claimed that he had several NCO's in his Ranger class whom had just graduated Q Course but had not reached group yet. Has anyone ever heard of this happening as a recent SOP?
The Lt went through Ranger post 2011 and knowing how quickly things can change it seems like a reasonable course of action that NCO's are going through Ranger prior to getting to group.
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It is not a reasonable course of action to send a newly minted SF Soldier to Ranger school, as he already has received the training necessary to be a successful member of an ODA. Remember, Ranger Qualification doesn't always equal success in the SFQC and that works both ways.
As previously mentioned, these "initiatives" change with the winds and will continue to do so. I recently sent several CPT's to Ranger School following graduation, most of them earned the leadership awards while there; as they should.
Lastly, Ranger school is probably the easiest school to obtain a hard slot for in SF due to the current optempo. Rarely do SF guys want to go walk around in the woods for 3 months when they are only home 10 months out of the year.
CH
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