{"id":21599,"date":"2010-12-21T13:17:08","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T17:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21599"},"modified":"2010-12-21T13:17:08","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T17:17:08","slug":"ss-is-ranger-school-obsolete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21599","title":{"rendered":"S&S: Is Ranger School obsolete?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stars and Stripes<\/a> makes the claim that Ranger School is unnecessary now because so many NCOs have combat experience which negates the purpose of Ranger School which simulates so well the conditions of intense dismounted operations. <\/p>\n

After a decade of extended war deployments and with little time back home for training, there is now a \u201ccritical\u201d shortage of Rangers needed to fill hundreds of crucial combat leadership positions intended for them across the Army, school officials say.<\/p>\n

The dearth is particularly noticeable among noncommissioned officers \u2014 the sergeants, staff sergeants and sergeants first class who lead small units of enlisted soldiers through combat \u2014 and among all ranks of combat maneuver operators \u2014 the infantry, armor, field artillery and cavalry units fighting at the front lines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s an extremely short-sighted view of the force. Ranger School, more than anything else gives an experienced cadre of instructors and graders to disseminate the lessons they learned in combat, which probably differs from that of the students. Originally, that was the goal of the Ranger Battalions before they became the special service force they are today.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure that all of the NCOES has been fairly disrupted by the last decade or so of budget cuts and war. The Ranger School is more than a “tab check” among the elites, it’s a baseline of training for military leaders. Even though it can said that combat leaders have performed admirably in this war, much of what they’ve learned is applicable solely to this conflict and not as useful looking forward to other threats we face.<\/p>\n

The skills taught at Ranger School are under the harshest of conditions and under stresses that probably can’t be duplicated in the Middle East. I’m not saying the school is more difficult than leading soldiers who are being shot at, I’m saying it’s a different difficulty.<\/p>\n

Our greatest defeats have come when the US was improperly prepared for the enemy they eventually faced. Task Force Smith and Kasserine Pass to name two. And what Canadian doesn’t know about the sacrifice at Dieppe. To dismiss the importance of Ranger School in perpetuating the professional force through the 80s and 90s endangers the future force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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