Introduction:DEP68W/OPT40

Bravo57 · Post by **Bravo57** » May 8th, 2007, 5:25 am

Welcome to the site.

Charlie 51 · Post by **Charlie 51** » May 8th, 2007, 7:21 am

Nice intro.

for that, I will give you some advice for your upcoming training:

1. They can't kill you (on purpose)

2. They have to feed you (eventually)

3. It will end (one way or another, with or without your "shit")

RangerX · Post by **RangerX** » May 8th, 2007, 7:28 am

Charlie 51 wrote:Ni
1. They can't kill you (on purpose)

This was a survival mechanism I used throughout my time in service.

Despite what you might think at times, they really are trying to reduce the odds of you getting killed.

FIST TEAM LTR · Post by **FIST TEAM LTR** » May 8th, 2007, 7:51 am

Good Luck.
Don't forget to ask about all the perks the "Doc" gets.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » May 8th, 2007, 8:56 am

Good intro. There are a number of medics on the site. Someone will be along to orient you. Welcome...

Scoty · Post by **Scoty** » May 8th, 2007, 9:04 am

Welcome, West.

CatFish Driver · Post by **CatFish Driver** » May 8th, 2007, 10:45 am

Welcome.

289sotherhalf · Post by **289sotherhalf** » May 8th, 2007, 12:12 pm

Welcome to the site.

Capellanus · Post by **Capellanus** » May 9th, 2007, 8:34 am

West wrote:My reading has included these forums for the past 4 months trying to absorb as much I can and I consider it a blessing to have had this resource before I enlisted.

It looks like you did your homework before you entered your first post.

I was a medic with 1/75 for almost 6 years. Increase your run time to at least sub 13:00 or upper 12:00. You don't need to be the fastest runner however, you MUST be able to ruck with the best of them. If you make it to BN you will carry as much weight as the members of WPNs squad and you MUST be mission capable when you reach the OBJ. Ranger lives will depend on you.

I have a task for you: Go pick up a military ALICE Ruck from your local Army Surplus and load it with 60lbs (average non-combat weight for a medic). Conduct a 5 miles roadmarch and report back with your time and status of your feet. One week should be enough time for you to complete this task. PM me if you need more time.

Bottom line, you can survive Bn with a upper 13:00 run time but you can not survive if you can't hang with your fellow Rangers on roadmarches and long movements.

Rico · Post by **Rico** » May 9th, 2007, 1:18 pm

Capellanus wrote:
West wrote:My reading has included these forums for the past 4 months trying to absorb as much I can and I consider it a blessing to have had this resource before I enlisted.
It looks like you did your homework before you entered your first post.

I was a medic with 1/75 for almost 6 years. Increase your run time to at least sub 13:00 or upper 12:00. You don't need to be the fastest runner however, you MUST be able to ruck with the best of them. If you make it to BN you will carry as much weight as the members of WPNs squad and you MUST be mission capable when you reach the OBJ. Ranger lives will depend on you.

I have a task for you: Go pick up a military ALICE Ruck from your local Army Surplus and load it with 60lbs (average non-combat weight for a medic). Conduct a 5 miles roadmarch and report back with your time and status of your feet. One week should be enough time for you to complete this task. PM me if you need more time.

Bottom line, you can survive Bn with a upper 13:00 run time but you can not survive if you can't hang with your fellow Rangers on roadmarches and long movements.

Spot on Padre!!! PM inbound.

West, the above quote by Ranger Capellanus is great advice. And couldn't be any more true. Heed the words of wisdom.