RASP 1 Graduations 2016

[Jim]

From CSM (R) Mellinger

Below are the upcoming RASP 1 Graduations through the end of the FY. Those without times and locations are not set. They are either in Marshall Auditorium (Bldg 4/ McGinnis/Wickham Hall) or at Freedom Hall (airfield).

Class 02-16: 29 1000 JAN 2016 @ Marshall Auditorium
Class 03-16: 26 1000 FEB 2016 @ Marshall Auditorium
Class 04-16: 08 1000 APR 2016
Class 05-16: 20 MAY 2016
Class 06-16: 17 JUN 2016
Class 07-16: 29 JUL 2016
Class 08-16: 01 SEP 2016
Class 09-16: 06 OCT 2016

[ncgater]

Thanks for this Ranger Jim. I am most interested in class 03-16. I heard through the grapevine that of the 165 that started, 96 were still standing after Cole Range. If all goes well, I will be booking my travel after next weekend.

[Jim]

From CSM (R) Jeff Mellinger

RASP 1 Class 02-16 graduation is this Friday.
Where: Marshall Auditorium (BLDG 4)
When: 29 January 2016 @ 1000
The class started with 161 Candidates and 75 Rangers will graduate.
Guest Speaker: CSM Victor Ballesteros
Honor Graduate: SGT Dustin J. Behrens
PT Award: SGT Seth M. Csasazar
Cadre of the Cycle: SSG Aaron Levindofske

[ncgater]

Still standing after ruck. Reports are that 90 candidates are left. The ruck weigh-in was not going well yesterday. One candidate took matters into his own hands and poured water into his ruck before being weighed. The Cadre did not take kindly to that.

Three weeks to go. I think he can make it. More importantly, my son knows he can make it. Yes, he has things he needs to work on but he is doing the work. My boy is now a man, much different than when he left home last summer.

[Jim]

We should have several mentees graduate on 26 Feb. Something to be proud of.

[ncgater]

Ranger jim, I am proud to say my son will be among the graduates on Feb 26 and I will be in attendance for the ceremony. Pride is an understatement for what I feel. My son has accomplished what I could not have done myself as a young Army enlistee. Perhaps I helped a little bit in getting him to this point, I don't know. I think more likely the determination came from within. I just hope, wish, implore the experienced Rangers to continue to train him up so that he is fully capable when his time to deploy comes. Rangers lead the way!

[Jim]

Ranger jim, I am proud to say my son will be among the graduates on Feb 26 and I will be in attendance for the ceremony. Pride is an understatement for what I feel. My son has accomplished what I could not have done myself as a young Army enlistee. Perhaps I helped a little bit in getting him to this point, I don't know. I think more likely the determination came from within. I just hope, wish, implore the experienced Rangers to continue to train him up so that he is fully capable when his time to deploy comes. Rangers lead the way!

Please invite your son to join the site when he graduates.

[Jim]

From CSM Jeff Mellinger:

RASP 1 Class 03-16 graduation this Friday.

Where: Marshall Auditorium (BLDG 4)

When: 26 February 2016 @ 1000

The class started with 158 Candidates and 70 Rangers will graduate.

Guest Speaker: CSM Robert Haynie

Honor Graduate: SPC Samuel Datta
PT Award: SPC Samuel Datta
Cadre of the Cycle: SSG Justin Christy