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I recently signed an 11X contract with Airborne; I would've signed an Option 40 but there wasn't any available. I'm still in high school and won't leave for OSUT until June, though I've already began to prepare. Is RASP really that difficult, or is all the hype about it's rigor a way to keep those who are unmotivated from attempting the course?
Whether it's truly that hard or not, I'll still volunteer for RASP at BAC because this is something that I want to do and the fact that it may be hard doesn't really deter me. Life's hard, it is what it is. In saying that, I just want to make sure that I'm both physically and mentally prepared for the challenge.
Also, if one was to enter IET with a fairly good base of fitness, would OSUT and BAC prepare someone for the physical rigors of RASP? I self conducted a test yesterday, my 5 mile time is rather lackluster (41:17) though I've satisfied the minimum requirements in every other category of the RASP PFT (74 push ups, 81 sit ups, and 9 pull ups).
Thanks, any information and advice that you all have would be greatly appreciated.
Whether it's truly that hard or not, I'll still volunteer for RASP at BAC because this is something that I want to do and the fact that it may be hard doesn't really deter me. Life's hard, it is what it is. In saying that, I just want to make sure that I'm both physically and mentally prepared for the challenge.
Also, if one was to enter IET with a fairly good base of fitness, would OSUT and BAC prepare someone for the physical rigors of RASP? I self conducted a test yesterday, my 5 mile time is rather lackluster (41:17) though I've satisfied the minimum requirements in every other category of the RASP PFT (74 push ups, 81 sit ups, and 9 pull ups).
Thanks, any information and advice that you all have would be greatly appreciated.
Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP)
11X: Infantry Recruit
United States Army Airborne School
Posted 4 y ago
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It's the most difficult thing you'll ever try.
I passed RASP back when it was called RIP. I PreRanger, Ranger School, and Special Forces Selection - SFAS, and the RIP/RASP was by far the toughest of any of those courses
You say you're ready for a challenge? It's not a challenge. It's a constant attempt to get you to quit. Weeks on end of pushing you before daybreak till well into the night, running, tucking, getting smoked, and constantly being asked to quit. Being told to quit. Being told we're not stopping till someone, anyone, quits. No one is physically ready for it, that's the whole point. If you can run 5 miles, then you'll run 10 miles uphill carrying your buddy, long past when your legs give out, just to see if you'll quit.
I don't think there is a way to be ready for it if you aren't a collegiate or professional athlete. But you will find out what your quitting point is
I passed RASP back when it was called RIP. I PreRanger, Ranger School, and Special Forces Selection - SFAS, and the RIP/RASP was by far the toughest of any of those courses
You say you're ready for a challenge? It's not a challenge. It's a constant attempt to get you to quit. Weeks on end of pushing you before daybreak till well into the night, running, tucking, getting smoked, and constantly being asked to quit. Being told to quit. Being told we're not stopping till someone, anyone, quits. No one is physically ready for it, that's the whole point. If you can run 5 miles, then you'll run 10 miles uphill carrying your buddy, long past when your legs give out, just to see if you'll quit.
I don't think there is a way to be ready for it if you aren't a collegiate or professional athlete. But you will find out what your quitting point is
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In any type of selection like RASP you'll be tasked with physically impossible task to complete. You cannot physically pass everything thrown at you, so being in shape is simply not enough. In regards to most selections in the special operations community, its the mind that needs to be the strongest, not the body.
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It will suck- every day. Embrace it.
What fire does not destroy it hardens.
RLTW!
What fire does not destroy it hardens.
RLTW!
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