Rangers,
I was doing some research and I read that the 75th Ranger Regiment has Dog Handlers. First off, I was wondering if this was true or not. Secondly, what would be the pipeline to become a Ranger Dog Handler?
Thank you for your time and Service.
Dog Handlers
Re: Dog Handlers
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RRD
RIP/PRC
Ranger Instructor 4th RTB
H co LRS
WTC
MUTC
#8-91
"I will never out rank stupid people"
Mentor to Myself
Re: Dog Handlers
I don't think he meant team leader...as in line dog...Tenn-RGR wrote:1. Join the Army (Graduate OSUT/Basic)
2. Graduate Airborne School
3. Graduate RIP
4. Serve successfully in a Ranger Battalion
5. Graduate Ranger School
6. Tell your Chain of Command you want to be a Dog Handler.
7. Voila!! You're a Dog Handler in the 75th.
That being said, fuck ......Batt. has changed...we didn't even get to keep dogs as pets for more than a week or two back in the day?!?
B Co 2/75 (WEBCO)
1988-1990
RS Class 1-90
1988-1990
RS Class 1-90
Re: Dog Handlers
Sorry bro...that was a joke about nothing...Dog Teams would have been awesome.Tenn-RGR wrote:Nor did I mention any TL time. You still need to perform to the best of your ability to even be considered for one of these positions.Oto-Man wrote:I don't think he meant team leader...as in line dog...Tenn-RGR wrote:1. Join the Army (Graduate OSUT/Basic)
2. Graduate Airborne School
3. Graduate RIP
4. Serve successfully in a Ranger Battalion
5. Graduate Ranger School
6. Tell your Chain of Command you want to be a Dog Handler.
7. Voila!! You're a Dog Handler in the 75th.
That being said, fuck ......Batt. has changed...we didn't even get to keep dogs as pets for more than a week or two back in the day?!?
The fact that they have actually been incorporated into RGT is great. The way some parts of the world ( Batt.) change for the better still stuns me.....
B Co 2/75 (WEBCO)
1988-1990
RS Class 1-90
1988-1990
RS Class 1-90
Re: Dog Handlers
Rangers,
Thank you for your replies, I really appreciate the information!
Thank you for your replies, I really appreciate the information!
"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum."
Re: Dog Handlers
Dog handlers are now spread all around the Army. There are two MOSs which deal exclusively with dogs. They are 31B (Military Police) and 21B (Combat Engineer). MP dogs do drug searches, etc. Engineer dogs are mine and explosive dogs. Only those two MOSs do specific dog work. Even in these jobs, dog handler is a special skill, meaning not every MP or Engineer deals with dogs. There's an application process and sometimes, people have to reenlist for it.
The dog handlers that are spread amongst combat units are additional duty guys. Meaning that they are shooters who have been assigned a dog, much like they are assigned to be a radio guy, or a gunner, or an ammo bearer. (oversimplified, but you get the idea)
The dog handlers that are spread amongst combat units are additional duty guys. Meaning that they are shooters who have been assigned a dog, much like they are assigned to be a radio guy, or a gunner, or an ammo bearer. (oversimplified, but you get the idea)
MSG, U.S. Army, 1987-2007
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RSClass 10-92
Re: Dog Handlers
Why woulf you ever want to be a dog handler you have to carry all your shit plus the dogs and you have to deal with dog shit too. Just get a pet
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Re: Dog Handlers
Very good point. It is always fun to watch a dog bite someone. I don't like the show Cops too much but by God I will definately stop when that dog is dominateing a criminalTenn-RGR wrote:Because dog handlers get to watch their partner tear haji's ass up, and they NEVER get in trouble for it.Baseplate wrote:Why woulf you ever want to be a dog handler you have to carry all your shit plus the dogs and you have to deal with dog shit too. Just get a pet
HHC 1/75 mtrs Apr 2000- dec 2003
hang it, FIRE!!!!
"I feel sorry for anyone who is not an alcoholic---How would you like to wake up every moring & know that is the best you will feel all day?" W.C. Fields
1st Ranger Bn...We may not go down in history but we will go down on your sister
hang it, FIRE!!!!
"I feel sorry for anyone who is not an alcoholic---How would you like to wake up every moring & know that is the best you will feel all day?" W.C. Fields
1st Ranger Bn...We may not go down in history but we will go down on your sister