Reg't weekends, in the bush or ??????

[Dock]

After RIP and being assigned to a Batt. What do the Rangers do every weekend? Do they train as a normal weekday or do they get weekends off to spend time with family or go out and play???? My wif is asking if she will every see me again. I said maybe on the weekends. Is this correct info to give the wif or ??? LOL, I am looking forward to all you past and present Ranger responses to this question.

Thanks in advance...

Doc out...

[Cree Warrior]

This is from my experience and may not be indicative of how the Batts are now. Depending on what standby level you are on, your days and weeks vary greatly. Building up to being on standby is the most intense and your days will be 0600 to whenever, possibly deployed training.
Generally though 0600 to 1700 or 1800 is a "normal" day, with weekends off. You get alot of three and four day weekends which is awesome.
Your wife has to make just as big a committment as you, for you will be gone at the drop of a hat, for any amount of time. No contact. If she can handle it, cool. Alot of wife's can't. You will definitel need her support.
Thats my two cents.

Sua Sponte

[jcollettusa]

Listen, I am not a Ranger or ever been, but I am sure their training procedures are similar to that of the Corps. You will be able to see your wife a great deal, not as much as other jobs, but it is not like you go in and your gone 24/7. Sure there are going to be times when you are out in the field or on deployments, but other than that it is going to be "some what" similar to a regular job. There are numerous of daily activities that you have to do back in the rear, and that is when you go in and PT, clean weapons, sit through some classes, PM your vehicles, etc. You will not be in the woods all of the time. Now there was one year I was gone for nine months out of 12, but that was a rare occassion, and I guess I got lucky.

Some former Rangers can correct me if I am wrong.

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Semper Fi

[This message has been edited by jcollettusa (edited 06-16-2000).]

[Ted]

Doc, you will have plenty of time off. Like Cree Warrior said, lots of 3 and 4 day weekends. The Rangers are not like the regular army, they can't sustain themselves out in the woods for very long as they don't have a huge combat train (supply line)following them (learned that phrase "combat train" in OBC, now I feel like a real officer).

I remember one wife telling the BN commander that he didn't deploy her husband enough. Needless to say, that marriage didn't last long. She was foolin' around on her husband.

[Dock]

Thanks for the info guys...

Doc out...

[JOE-BOO]

Ted...What OBC are you at???

[Ted]

Oh, I learned that at medical officer OBC last summer.

[Mouse91]

A guy's wife actually told the commander that they weren't deploying her husband enough?

[RGR.Montcalm]

First don't assume you'll make it through RIP- it's hard work and many don't make it. you better bring your "A" game and better be wearing your Big boy Undies- you will be treated as a Warrior as long as you act like one. The trust between Rangers in a squad, platoon, and company to know that each of them committ 110% to the mission is what makes them special. :cool:

I will tell you that if you do make it through RIP, you will be entering a different world from the rest of the Army. The training is intense, culminating in live fire exercises to prepare you for the battlefield. You will train to the STANDARD not to time or convenience. You will TRAIN until you can get it right every time. ;)

Don't forget that there is still CQ and Staff Duty that has to be pulled. I will guess you are a PVT-PFC- so you will be the runner for a SPC or SGT for CQ and a runner for SDNCO. There is a roster but being the 'cherry' it will come around frequently. It's part of paying your dues...

Without violating OPSEC- you WILL deploy frequently, either for training or combat depending on the current situation. There are Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercises (EDREs) during peacetime that will take you away anywhere froma a week to a month with no contact allowed.

The Ranger Wives take care of each other- they get briefings on planned deployments- in fact they are briefed on when to expect you home. (I guess that could help a cheating wife).:D

[jsmurphy]

Hmmm... 8 years ago.

Wonder if "Dock" made it?

[bstag1/75]

Dock, listen to RgrMontcalm, get thru RIP, take being a Ranger one day at a time. Time off will come, worry about getting to be a Ranger first. I can't speak for the rest of the Regt. but they are improving housing at Hunter and the barracks are outstanding. Of course I thought 1276N was the Ritz when we moved to Hunter in 78. The new BN and Company areas are light years ahead of what we had. It is hard to imagine that squadleaders and Plt Sgt do not conduct first call in our time honored tradition of screaming and beating on doors. Times have changed.
You get a lot more time off than you think.. 3 and 4 day weekends, standown etc... One thing for certin is that time will fly by. It is funny that back then most of us could not wait to get back but as soon as we did we were out with our fellow Rangers raising hell. Not many marraiges survive, RGRMontcalm is the exception, hell him and Willie Nunez and Mike Matt are the only ones I can think of. Most of us DXed or were DXed by at least one wife.
If you make it enjoy every moment of it because it will be over to soon.
R.L.T.W.

[Dark Helmet]

Last post shows JAN01 and the "last activity" log is blank for the guy, which was probably from the server reset two years ago.

So, I think it is safe to say he ain't from round these parts no more.

[bstag1/75]

Well I got to rave and rant for a moment. Maybe someone else will click here to read about going to the field. You can tell I not that savy I did not even look at his dates.
People need to realize WHAT YOU DO IN TRAINING YOU WILL DO IN COMBAT train hard but train smart. If you worry about time off before you even get to BN, you are not going to get to BN.

[MixedLoad]

BStag1/75,

You know there are people who are out there who worry first about how much time off they will have, rather than about the job they are about to take on. Can't fix some people. Most who think that way also don't seem to make it in the kind of units we grew up in. If I were a betting man, I'd put money on the original poster not having made it to a Battalion....

[RGR.Montcalm]

Jesus! I'm going to have to get my SA meter calibrated! :rolleyes::D

[Impavidus]

You can tell I not that savy I did not even look at his dates.

Ahh, Georgia Batts. Some things never change.:D

[Impavidus]

A guy's wife actually told the commander that they weren't deploying her husband enough?


I have heard somewhere "Read more, post less". This applies to you.

[Ranger1]

This ancient thread has the potential to get...well...silly.

Therefore closed so it can die the death it so rightly deserves.