Posted: 9/24/2008 2:32:53 PM EDT
| How was Todd Blackburn a Ranger (or in a Ranger Batt.) if he hadn't been to Ranger school? |
| Ranger school and Ranger Indoctrination Program are different. RIP is like tryouts, to see if they want you to be a Ranger. If you make it, you assigned to a Ranger battalion. Then, a year or so later you have to goto Ranger school to earn the Ranger tab, I believe if you fail to graduate Ranger school, you are sent off to a Regular Army unit. |
Ranger Indoctrination Program  Edit: Ranger School is just another Army trade-school. Not all Rangers have to go through it. IIRC, mostly just Officers and some NCO's go to Ranger School. |