Last week the Pre-Ranger became a real Pre-Ranger. He is officially in the RASP for the actual 75th Ranger regiment.
This is not Ranger school. Ranger School is a leadership course. RASP stands for "Ranger Assessment and Selection Program." It is a months-long program that takes soldiers of various MOSs and trains them to an ultimate standard to be assigned to one of the three battalions of the 75th Rangers. That is the same 75th Ranger unit that climbed the cliffs at Point du Hoc in Normandy France on D-Day in WW2. These Rangers are amongst the fiercest soldiers anywhere in the world. Chris is hanging in there, but we have lost contact. He is "coms-out" for the next four weeks.
I do have contact with a couple of the soldiers there who give me "Sightings." Today's report was that Chris was hanging tough with a smile on his face but was about to undergo a brutal physical endurance event. Details are and will remain sketchy, but the program is not for the faint of heart and tests men to the absolute limits of human endurance. If he makes it through the next 8 weeks, he will wear the coveted scroll of a soldier of the 75th Ranger regiment. As long as he does not screw up afterward the rest of his Army career will be very rewarding. He is destined for high places...
