RRDTm3 wrote:From my perspective you seem to have a very good idea of how we feel about guys like you. You do a really good job of explaining the difference between CSC and RIP. You did lose some points by saying you feel the same as if you had gone thru RIP. As long as you and those like you know role your things should go well. I know it takes a massive amount of support to put dude's down range. I love a good support guy, whether it is PAC, supply or in the motor pool. There was a dude there a long time ago named Bertan or something like that. I hear he is a Warrant now but when he worked in the motor pool he was a sniveling, whining, tabless dick head who always bitched about us bringing back fucked up shit. Don't be that guy or let those around you be that guy either. You are there because Rangers need you and vice versa.airbornepog wrote:Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I do not feel less than equal than someone who went through RIP. I do not feel equal to the "door kickers" and combat soldiers who have deployed and engaged the enemy in combat, at least from a Ranger/Military perspective. However, kicking down doors and fighting isn't my primary job in the army. I am a skilled technician who maintains ground support equipment and vehicles. Like I previously said, I understand the resentment of people who went through a bunch of shit to get to the battalion. But things change, and the army changes, and the "Back when it was hard" attitude was probably just as common with the older Rangers when you went through RIP. What I'm saying is that there are several things in the battalion that make me feel less than equal in a warrior sense, but going through the CSC instead of RIP is not one of them.
Agree 100%. Don't forget why support troops exist -- to ensure that Ranger units close with and destroy the enemy by fire and movement and fire and maneuver.
