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Jim wrote:All you have to do is get through today. Tomorrow will take care of itself.
Stencil that on your fucking forehead kid. One day at a time. If all the answers were here there would be no questions.
The important things are always simple.
The simple things are always hard.
Nut Check Time.
Good Luck.
1st Ranger Bn HHC 1978-81
A Company FIST Team
RGR Class 9-79
Holy crap, I can't believe this thread. :? Before I went to RIP, I never would have thought of asking the question....How many chances do I get to fail?
I guess if I had planned on failing on some aspect of the trek to become a Ranger, I never would have signed up to do it.
Well, here we are, a month later.
Has this class graduated its Ranger material yet?
We never did hear from this youngster during the weekend breaks.
Did he push on, focusing on the objective & waiting to proudly post today that he's wearing a new tan beret or has he slunk on to Camp Swampy somewhere, having failed the Day 1 PT test?
K.Ingraham wrote:Well, here we are, a month later.
Has this class graduated its Ranger material yet?
We never did hear from this youngster during the weekend breaks.
Did he push on, focusing on the objective & waiting to proudly post today that he's wearing a new tan beret or has he slunk on to Camp Swampy somewhere, having failed the Day 1 PT test?
Inquiring minds and nosy bastards....
The current class started 130, right now they plan on graduating 33. My money is that he's not one of those 33.
Thats assuming he skipped any time in RIP hold to get into the current class. Our man could still be in standby status. In an earlier post he claimed two to ten weeks of RIP hold was probbable. Airborne graduation was July 27th. Assuming at least two weeks of RIP hold, he wouldn't be in the current class.
Cept for those 5am runs with Pippen, he was faster than he looked!!
Thats funny
It was SSG Flowers with me. When he started with "In through your nose out through your mouth" I knew it was going to be a smoke-fest.
I do believe I went thru RIP with Flowers.....he was in shape then as a Rippie......
Was that the same Flowers that was in weapons platoon with us?
RS Class 5-82
French Commando 11-83
LRSLC Class 5-87
U.S. Army 1980-1984 and 1987-1990
--------- “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
George S. Patton
Hoover wrote:
I do believe I went thru RIP with Flowers.....he was in shape then as a Rippie......
Black guy tall, always smiling ,great runner, may have been a SGT.
I liked him, but he could bring the smoke.
Yeah, that's him; great runner for sure.
Jim that's not the Flowers we had.
RS Class 5-82
French Commando 11-83
LRSLC Class 5-87
U.S. Army 1980-1984 and 1987-1990
--------- “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”
George S. Patton
2/75 C Co. 81-84
Ranger Class 14-82
"Cry Havoc Let Slip The Dogs of War"
1st SPWAR Tng Bn (Abn) USAJFKSWCS 87'
RLTW !
Mentor to J.P. Deepwater
RIP Class 02-07
Ranger Class 09-07
The current class started 130, right now they plan on graduating 33. My money is that he's not one of those 33.
Jesus, thats not very many dudes. And regiment is really trying to stand up another company per battalion? How long is that gonna take? Regiment probably has 33 experienced guys leaving every week, going to selections or ETS'ing and shit.
