USAF operators are a special crew. It does seem to me like your assessment is pretty on-target, Raellus. We'd give the rescue guys more credit if they were slitting throats. Kevin Costner's character observes in The Guardian that the Navy "...thinks they're better than us [USCG rescue swimmers] because they're combat oriented."
Although class has taken up my time lately, I've been using my time in the car to ponder covering some of New Mexico's Twilight: 2000 history. There's more to the story than just the withdrawal of the School Brigade from Fort Bliss. In particular, I think some exciting options are available for the USAF Special Operations types based outside Albuquerque.
As for the Rangers, who I hold in very high esteem, I'm going to stick with the guidance given me by my first NCO mentor, who had been a Ranger back in the day: "A Ranger is nothing more and nothing less than what every infantryman ought to be."
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