I was just wondering how old all the Rangers on here were when they started RIP.
~Joseph
How Old?
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Silverback
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19 when I arrived at Ft. Lewis. No RIP.
C 2/75, 1st Plt, Wpns Sqd 76-79
RS 3-78
Mattoon's Goons
A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
RS 3-78
Mattoon's Goons
A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
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FireFinder
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Nathan,
I was 17 when I enlisted in DEP back in Nov. 1983 (like the day after I turned 17), and finished my HS Diploma via an Adult Ed. program 2 weeks prior to shipping out for Basic in Feb. of 84. I was the youngest guy everywhere I went that year.
I imagine if you have your head screwed on straight, and take advantage of the mentoring available from the Rangers here, I expect you'll do okay.
Looking back now, I certainly could have benefitted from a little more gray in my beard back then. It took me a couple of years to really get squared away, I wasn't a fuckup, I just had a whole lot of growing up to do.
This board is a tremendous resource staffed and visited by a whole lot of BTDT-types, take advantage of it and you shall succeed.
I was 17 when I enlisted in DEP back in Nov. 1983 (like the day after I turned 17), and finished my HS Diploma via an Adult Ed. program 2 weeks prior to shipping out for Basic in Feb. of 84. I was the youngest guy everywhere I went that year.
I imagine if you have your head screwed on straight, and take advantage of the mentoring available from the Rangers here, I expect you'll do okay.
Looking back now, I certainly could have benefitted from a little more gray in my beard back then. It took me a couple of years to really get squared away, I wasn't a fuckup, I just had a whole lot of growing up to do.
This board is a tremendous resource staffed and visited by a whole lot of BTDT-types, take advantage of it and you shall succeed.
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Parabellum
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Did you get lost on the way from ABN School to RIP? :Dh8train1/75 wrote:17 when I came into the Army, 19 when I went to RIP.
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C 2/75, 1st Plt, Wpns Sqd 76-79
RS 3-78
Mattoon's Goons
A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
RS 3-78
Mattoon's Goons
A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
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Disinfertention
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I signed up and went to basic at the age of 17. Turned 18 in AIT.Rangers I have a question, am I making a mistake by going in at 17? It seems like most people who go in are between 18 and 30. I haven't heard anyone say they were 17.
Nothing wrong with being 17... Just have to get your parents to sign off.
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