Posted: 1/21/2007 6:37:17 PM EDT
| what jobs can get you into the army rangers? infantry obviously. can you be in the reserves? i have a friend who says he was an artillery airborne ranger, not certain if its BS or not. ive never been in the military so probably stupid question |
First of all, understand that there is a difference between a "Tab" and a "Scroll" One is a school (For Ranger School you get a Ranger Tab and you are Ranger Qualified) On is a unit (or a lifestyle,  ) and then you are a Ranger.Your friend could very well have been a graduate of Ranger School, and that would indeed make him Ranger Qualified (and a good guy in my book) but not a Ranger. Your firend could also be a graduate of AirBorne School and that would make him Jump Qualified. Your friend could also have been in an artillery unit. If all of those things are true, that would not make him an Artillery Airborne Ranger, but instead a guy in an artillery unit who has a ranger tab and jump wings. (which is not so bad either) |
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Well, If he was a 13F or a 13A in Ranger Battalion that would technically make him an Artillery Airborne Ranger. I'm not aware of any other Artillery mos in a Ranger Battalion. If the guy just went to Airborne School and Ranger School, that does not make him an Airborne Ranger. These days, if a guy has no time in a Ranger Battalion then he is not nor ever has been an Airborne Ranger. As a guy that has both and wears a Scroll on my right shoulder, the Tab is a School, the Scroll is a way of life. |
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I'm guessing that the OP doens't get the right shoulder reference. A unit patch on the right shoulder is officially called a "Shoulder Sleeve Insignia for Former Wartime Service," meaning that the wearer was either in combat with that unit, or that unit directly supported somebody in combat. It's usually called a "combat patch." There are no Reserve or Guard Ranger units. There haven't been since I think it was the late 70's. As a matter of history, the only Guard unit that deployed to Vietnam was a Ranger designated unit from I believe Indiana. And it's not really a stupid question. There are a lot of guys in the Army that get mixed up between a Ranger (someone in a Ranger batallion, or one of the old Ranger companies if a Vietnam era vet) and someone that is a graduate of the Ranger School (and according to some, the instructors at the Ranger Training Battalions). |
The GA ARNG has a LRS unit, as do several other states. These guys refer to themselves as Rangers, and used scrolls pretty extensivly, although not on the uniform. Is this considered to be a Ranger unit? Obviously there is no affiliation with the 75th, although that seems to be where a lot of their members started their careers. However, the Ranger Regiment originated from that various LRRP units in Vietnam, so, I'm stumped. Anybody know? |
You have already answered your own question, check the items in red. Saying you're a Ranger doesn't make you one If it were the Vietnam era then I would say they might be Rangers. These days no "Ranger" units exist outside the Regiment even though some jobs require you to be Ranger qualified. If you're not wearing a Tan Beret then you're not really serving in a Ranger unit. |
I hope I'm not getting too off topic here, but are LRS units authorized the tan beret? I noticed a soldier in line at the chow hall a few months ago w/ one, and the only unit I can think he might be from would be LRS... This is the Guard BTW. |
LRS units wear the maroon beret. |