RASP ON TV (And Here)

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RASP ON TV (And Here)

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Rangers ‘Surviving the Cut’ episode premiere
75th Ranger Regiment Public Affairs

FORT BENNING, Ga. (USASOC News Service, July 3, 2012) – The Discovery Channel is scheduled to release a one-hour documentary that follows a class through the 75th Ranger Regiment’s Assessment and Selection Program. The program is titled 'Hell and Back, Special Ops Ranger.'

The episode premieres July 8 at 9 p.m. on the Discovery Channel. Check your local listing for more information.

This is an unprecedented glimpse of initial training that every enlisted Soldier must successfully complete before he is assigned to one of the four Ranger Battalions.

Quick Facts:

•Every volunteer Soldier must complete RASP 1 for duty with the 75th Ranger Regiment.
•114 Soldiers started Class 5-12; 91 Rangers graduated.
•RASP tests Soldiers physically and mentally from marksmanship and demolitions to Ranger First Responder and close quarter combat drills.
•RASP is run by the Regimental Special Troops Battalion at Fort Benning, Ga.
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