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Rangers, We had our turning blue ceremony this morning and I couldn't be happier. The first step of my journey is complete, and I don't think I would've had anywhere near the success I did were it not for the mentorship I received from y'all before shipping out. My biggest take sways from infantry O...

Roger, Ranger Jim. Sitting here looking back on OSUT I can't count the number of times we would be getting a class on land nav or tactics and I was falling back on topics learned here through the five mentees thread. To anyone reading as a guest who is either about to secure a contract or already ha...

Rangers, I'm sitting at the hotel having just got back from a final dinner with my family, and I couldn't be more ready to get started on this journey. All of the anxiousness I've been feeling for about a week now has subsided. I've said all of my goodbyes, and tied up all of the loose ends I needed...

Roger, Ranger Jim. I'm confident of the same. Most guys go in wholly unprepared, and while I don't know everything I do know that my time on this site has prepared me for what lies ahead.

Rangers, Here I sit six days out from shipping and I feel like I'm running on a mix of nervous excitement about getting started on this journey. I've never been more pumped up or prepared for something in my life, and as I get closer to the 18th it seems like time keeps moving slower and slower from...

Ranger Jim, I would say y'all have provided more than a basic understanding. While most of the information hasn't been about the everyday life of someone in Regiment, which you might have been referring to, but I have picked up a wealth of knowledge compared to someone going in sight unseen. The fiv...

SITREP20170701 I recently got back from a trip to the west coast. Stayed in San Francisco for five days,then stayed in a small beach town for a day before heading to LA for a night and then Vegas for five days. My mom said she wanted me to see the west coast before I shipped out, and as of today we ...

SITREP 20170617 Yesterday I drove to meet up with Arch51 and Rednovember. Both of those two are squared away and great guys as well. I took my OPAT a couple weeks ago which was pretty easy. That was the last administrative task I had to knock out before shipping. Speaking of the OPAT; I do appreciat...

Ranger Disinfertention, I did not burn blisters in my feet, which could've been due to multiple things, but I like to think its because I've been building up callouses on purpose. I forget who told me this, but I was instructed to soak your feet in rubbing alcohol after a ruck or run to dry out the ...

Roger, Ranger Jim.

PT 20170601 Push-Ups: 83 Sit-Ups: 88 2-Mile Run: 11:38 Pull-Ups: 17 SITREP 20170601 I spent my Memorial Day laying down 8 pallets of sod in the backyard with my stepdad and spent the rest of the day remembering the reason for the three day weekend. I've been out of town for going on a week now on tw...

Roger, Ranger Jim. In 43 days I'll be sitting in the hotel waiting to embark on the adventure of my life. I intend to utilize every one of those days productively. With my ship date approaching I've begun to reduce the amount of heavy weightlifting I'm doing and focusing more on APFT and ruck improv...

Ranger Disinfertention, If for some reason I'm not able to get a degree online while I'm in I plan on attending college after I get out. If all else fails I'll use a veterans transition program offered by the American Petroleum Instsitute to get into the oil and gas industry. My mom works for API in...

Roger, Ranger Disinfertention. I have been thinking about that somewhat. The citadel offers an online degree completion program where if you already have an associates degree you can finish your degree online with them and get a bachelors in criminal justice or business administration. A degree from...

SITREP 20170515 Yesterday Ranger IntelToad's map reading and land nave class began with assigned reading from the land nav field manual. I'm very excited about this class because I feel this is an extremely crucial skill to have as a Ranger. Today I officially took the last high school class of my l...