Ranger School being revamped and updated, leveraging gaming. Top General says about time.

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:44:51 -0500

The Army is directing RTB to leverage the latest technology in the qualification of Rangers. Ranger School to be replaced by 9 weeks of online gaming? Make sure you watch the video or feel free to just post a responce. Research shows the generation gap requires change in approaches to training. Are kidding me.

Ranger School Replaced By 9-Week Long Online RPG

Ranger School is now a multiplayer role-playing video game, and harder than ever ... if you're not good at video games.

Response by LCpl Brandon Barnes made Jan 11 at 2015 12:58 PM

LCpl Brandon Barnes — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:58:39 -0500

You know duffel is a satire site right, sir?

Response by SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 11 at 2015 3:20 PM

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:20:46 -0500

Nothing of significant value on Duffelblog, it breeds good fodder, and is SATIRE through and through. The troops love the Tongue and Cheek dialogue, but anyone quoting them as a source will quickly be ran out of the room. We all know that some of the online blogs are written quite well and I believe Duffelblog allows SMs to send in articles...so it isn't just one writer. A great resource for humor...I see posts all over FB quoting this source as fact. I've even been duped on a few of these.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 11 at 2015 8:28 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:28:34 -0500

Are they making this change for the benefit of the female candidates coming into the Ranger school pipeline? (No down votes, please ... I think that's a fair question.)

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 12 at 2015 1:58 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 01:58:44 -0500

Everything from that site has no truth to what is what is posted there.