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Originally Posted by swaghauler
These could also be formed from individuals who went to Ranger School and then returned to their regular unit. During the heady days of the Regan/Bush Era, there was so much training money "in the pipeline," that ordinary soldiers were given the chance to go to schools like Air Assault, Airborne, Sniper School, Cold Weather Mountain, Arctic Warfare, Jungle Warfare, Special Weapons, and even Ranger School. These soldiers were then supposed to go back to their regular units and "share what they learned." This was intended to increase the "professionalism" of the unit as a whole. From our performance in the First Gulf War; I'd say it worked. What a change we had when "Slick Willy" took office and promptly cut all Military Spending.
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I introduced this concept in my campaign and the RDF sourcebook is a great reference. One of my PC's wanted a Ranger. He rolled one up so I used a minor firefight set in Iran in 1997 to introduce the game to the players. The Ranger PC was then recalled back to the States and then reassigned as an E7 PLT SGT replacement in 5th ID (as were, coincidentally, the other PCs albeit in different positions). The idea was that "seasoned vets" could return as leaders to not only "share what they know" but also serve in a "been there, done that" capacity for draftees.