Posted on Feb 8, 2024
Everything you need to know about Ranger School
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My greatest failure of my Army career was not going back to Ranger School after being medically dropped due to heat stroke. I hadn't intended on staying in past my enlistment and it took a couple of years to fully recover from the injury.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
My son who was near the top of his class dropped out after Mountain Phase because he was so frustrated by all the guys bitching about things and not pulling their weight. The Regt. Cdr. gave him a good writeup and suggested he try it again in the future.
He went on to Korea and served as the XO of a ROK Army company on the DMZ for nine months and then went back to Ranger School. That time he came out with the Patterson Award as his class' top grad. He then went back to Korea and was a plt. ldr. in the 1/506th at Camp Graves for a year and Spt. Plt. ldr. for six months before going back to Camp Liberty Bell as asst. S3 of the DMZ battalion. . . .
He went on to Korea and served as the XO of a ROK Army company on the DMZ for nine months and then went back to Ranger School. That time he came out with the Patterson Award as his class' top grad. He then went back to Korea and was a plt. ldr. in the 1/506th at Camp Graves for a year and Spt. Plt. ldr. for six months before going back to Camp Liberty Bell as asst. S3 of the DMZ battalion. . . .
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LTC Trent Klug
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. That's awesome!
I fully intended on not going into the reserves or Guard after I ets'd. Once I got close to that, I had a change of mind and enlisted into the Army Reserve. Then 29 years later I retired.
Between getting divorced, starting a civilian law enforcement career, and then going to OCS and Basic Course (and then finishing my college degree), Ranger school was just a thing I wished I had time for. I regret not going back but in the overall scheme of my life it was just a want to and not a need.
I'm proud of my career. I kept my dignity and didn't blow anyone to advance my career. I have 'peers' who can't say that.
I fully intended on not going into the reserves or Guard after I ets'd. Once I got close to that, I had a change of mind and enlisted into the Army Reserve. Then 29 years later I retired.
Between getting divorced, starting a civilian law enforcement career, and then going to OCS and Basic Course (and then finishing my college degree), Ranger school was just a thing I wished I had time for. I regret not going back but in the overall scheme of my life it was just a want to and not a need.
I'm proud of my career. I kept my dignity and didn't blow anyone to advance my career. I have 'peers' who can't say that.
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