Is 19 years TIS too late to go to Ranger School?

It is never to late. I just finished Ranger School recently. I am 32. I wasn't even the oldest guy there. There were guys in their mid thirties. In the class before mine they had a 42 y/o guy in it and he made it. The question becomes "can you dig deep enough to do it." This is not a challenge but a question that many face when there. I will tell you it was rough. I equate it to walking up every morning and getting kicked in the junk. Some days you got kicked a couple times or 5 times. The issue that came up was when they are in the low of low, this is usually the base of some mountain in Mountain Phase, will you question if you really need it seeing how you have already have had a successful career.

We had many infantry LTs simply quit or fail and they didn't care. They knew they were not doing more than four years so they didn't mind. That is dangerous. They may like it and want to promote but will not due to their failure in Ranger.

The only question that I am truly wondering is if they will still send you seeing how you are so close to the 20 year mark.

I think the only time it's too late is when YOU feel, whether due to age, fitness level, or interest, that you cannot accomplish the particular feat anymore. Trying to squeeze what little more you can from an already successful career should be your right. If one has given enough of themselves to make it to the 19 year mark then they have more than paid forward a comparatively small investment like training. I don't think something as trivial as money needs to come into play at that point. It is still a better investment than throwing funding at some punk kid straight out of high school that has not yet done anything for the nation or the Army. The school is already there, the instructors are going to be instructing anyway, why not jump in head first and get a little back for yourself or prove to yourself whatever you might feel like you need to prove to yourself. Who cares if you've got one year left in the service or 20 still ahead of you? You've gone forth and executed American foreign policy for the last 300 meters on multiple occasions, you've earned a little selfishness. Nevermind funding, nevermind whoever may scratch their head and wonder about your sanity, if you want something more out of life or your career, you better go get SFC P because you don't get a second round.

Unless you were already in that hi tempo arena, then yes it would be too late, however even if you are qualified the branch component, will probably deny you. My question is why the late surge now? Why not ten, 15yrs ago while you were in your prime?