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Yeah, I was clueless. 4 months out of MI AIT. Didn't know how to put a ruck together (didn't even know they were issued in pieces). A guy from a Ranger bat showed me how to put it together. When I filled it and weighed it to standard I thought it was really, really heavy.

Yeah, it was a stupid question . I am anal retentive about socks - learned my lesson when I went through selection with white cotton/nylon gym socks.

Thanks Ranger Silverback, I was actually considering bringing enough of both and seeing if the Smartwools are let through. You brought up a point I hadn't considered: It appears making it through inspection does not mean it is authorized. It would not be worth the risk to be caught later in the cour...

Rangers, I assumed the socks you brought to RS had to be military issue. However, On the RS packing list it only says the socks must be wool with cushioned sole. This gave me pause. Is RS allowing some of the highspeed wool socks in? I no longer own any army wools socks and was planning on buying th...

The SFAS training booklet does not exceed 45lbs but you will carry ALOT more than that in SFAS. Generally the minimum weight you will carry is 45 not including food and water (usually you add a few buffer lbs in the ruck so probably 48-50 not including food/water), so total is closer to 60+, but the...

I tried many things for weight. MRE bags filled with sand and taped closed works well, you can make different sizes/weights. Sand leaked out in my house so I switched to soft dive weights. These were great except when I went TDY, then I had to carry 50 lbs of weights with my luggage (*snivel*)(I als...

Thank you Ranger Sobersides, Ranger Silverback, cleared things up nicely.

No, Sir was going to be a 98J but just got picked up to 153A on the January board. Nice job, Congratulations. Very cool field to work in. My wife wants to be a 153A as well, she is putting a packet in now. She missed the Jan board because her eyesight is .5 diopters outside the margins. She is look...

Thank you Rangers and other members of the community for your warm welcome.

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Were you a 98H/05H?

Always MI, couldn't get out of it (language shortage) on active duty. Went through SFAS but MI branch pulled me back. So I got out.

98C (sigint analyst/linguist). (active)
97B (CI agent). (reserve)

Service: Army NG Rank: 1LT Branch: MI Age: 34 Background: enlisted active army 1989-1996. enlisted reserve 1997-2001 commissioned 2001 currently serving in the guard. Profession: I spend alot of time on active duty so I generally consider "soldier" my occupation. I play poker on the side t...

First I want to thank all the Rangers on this site for their time and guidance to those of us who are trying to earn a place among your ranks. My question today is about knots: I suck at them. Is there a resource that has a good illustration of all the knots to ranger standard? I know the Ranger Han...