Is the ranger course really that hard?

[seismicwave]

(no cockiness intended in the question)

i am curious, where is the ranger course in that fine area between the limitations of the human body and the expectations put forward by the course.

is it one of the few things in life where simply not being capable PERIOD, can apply

or does it just come down to wanting it bad enough?

i would really like to know, what do you guys think or know?

,,,,,if its not classified that is

[DeV]

Yes it is hard, there is at least a 70-80% failure rate (in the public domain) for the selection. You can also be failed during the 6 months basic skills course.

Going on what is out there about the ARW & SF in general it is mind & body!

[Thorpe]

From what Ive seen of it (Ive seen only a small portion of it), its tough and it has to be for what they do.
If you want it and have it both mentally and physically and you make the grade well then......

[REX]

A good friend of mine did ranger selection in the mid 90's, before the change in syllabus. The comment that has stuck in my mind ever since then is him saying "they worked us, and ran us so hard, that I didn't take a sh*t for 17 days", everything they could get down them was obviously used up!

[riflemangundy]

If memory serves me the fail rate is 92%... I know a guy to see and i was told he passed selection 3 times and was RTU'd but dont know why or when or if its even true!!!!!

[Goldie fish]

Keep in mind that nobody who answers this thread will have completed ARW selection.

[Hello Alaska]

Keep in mind that nobody who answers this thread will have completed ARW selection.

Don't be so quick to make assumptions.

[Dazzler]

Don't be so quick to make assumptions.

Official Secrets Act.

[Steyr Fan]

The old saying comes to mind "you'll never know unless you go"".

In otherwords, if you really want to know if or how hard the ARW couse is, go and do it. Now I'm not being cheeky or smart here, I'm being serious. I am RDF, and even if I was PDF, I probably still would not go for it, cause I'm not tough enough.

Now off you go and give it a lash.

[Hello Alaska]

Official Secrets Act.

Your point?

[Goldie fish]

Don't be so quick to make assumptions.

Its not an assumption.

[Hello Alaska]

Its not an assumption.

Well in that case, you're very wrong.

[Goldie fish]

Well by that statement you have told me who has. And what did you acheve by doing it?

My point is, the majority who post about the ARW here will not have served in it or completed selection so for that reason, any discussion on the syllabus, except by the person you identified as having completed it, will be speculation and conjecture.

[Hello Alaska]

Well by that statement you have told me who has. And what did you acheve by doing it?

My point is, the majority who post about the ARW here will not have served in it or completed selection so for that reason, any discussion on the syllabus, except by the person you identified as having completed it, will be speculation and conjecture.

How did I tell you? Can you read minds?

Regardless, let's end this discussion for obvious reasons.

[Goldie fish]

You started it.

I know the military career of all but one of the posters prior to your statement. Therefor, I assume it is them you speak about. Unless you are trying to make out you did it yourself?