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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
You're right, there weren't -- and the Rangers were quite pissed about it, the rumor mill said. The closest you're going to get are the NCOs and officers of the 82nd and 101st -- you're required to go to Ranger School within a year of becoming an infantry squad leader or arriving as an infantry officer at the 82nd (barring lack of available slots), and I believe the 101st has (or had at the time I was in) a similar policy.
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Actually the LRSU units were heavy on Ranger tabs, though I don't know how many LRSU actually were in ODS. The LRSU my son was in (E-709, 9 ID) before he went to Panama (pre-Just Cause) got as many slots for Ranger school and all the other courses ie Military Free Fall (HALO) etc as the Bats did, which REALLY jerk their chain. That's how an E-4 got to HALO with the E-6 and E-7 from the SF and Ranger Bat. Low man on the totem pole of the class roster, but made the course and loved it.