E067: Rangers or Green Berets
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Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E067
Rangers vs. Green Berets
Key takeaway: Randy explains the differences between Rangers and Green Berets and along the way shares a wealth of information about the special forces and what they do
Topics covered in this video:
- Green Beret is the same thing as Special Forces; it refers to the hat typically worn for formal events as part of one’s dress uniform
- Rangers are elite infantry with a different mission: assaults and raids behind enemy lines.
- Ranger Indoctrination Program (RIP) to weed out applicants, now Ranger Assessment Selection Program
- Ranger School is not affiliated with the Ranger unit; it’s a combat leadership school teaching small-unit tactics. Ranger School gets you a Ranger tab
- Randy discusses whether having a Ranger tab means you are considered a Ranger; being in a Ranger Battalion squad of nine people is a different thing
- A Green Beret team has more senior people: four E6s, five E7s, an E8 (master sergeant), and a captain in charge. People take considerably longer to qualify to become a Green Beret (typically at least two years). The supporting staff are not trained as Green Berets
- In a Ranger unit, by contrast, everyone has been through Ranger assessment.
- Randy compares the numbers of Rangers and Green Berets, and why those numbers mean Rangers often go on to become Green Berets or join another elite unit
- Delta Force (the elite of the elite)
- Randy’s path through the military
- The importance of being airborne-qualified; what Jump Masters do
- Randy discusses differences between the mission and capabilities of Rangers and Green Berets
- Training to master the demanding physical challenges: running, upper body strength, etc.
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