[ExSoldier]

I seem to remember way back when, the requirements to be a Florida State Trooper used to be six foot one inch and a solid 180 pounds before any other requirement aside from a squeaky clean record and military was always the deciding factor. I'll bet the Rangers had something similar. I also remember the first diversity requirement to fall was the one for gender. I started seeing smallish blondes with enormous .... 357 magnums (bet you thought I was going to say something else, huh?) on their hips. I'll bet it was the same way with the Texas Rangers, too. Btw, are the Arizona Rangers still in existence? Does anybody know?

[brytlea]

I don’t know about more recently, but my Great-Great-Great Grandfather was a Texas Ranger and he was only 5’2” and 100 lbs. This would have been sometime in the last half of the 1800s. Of course, if the stories about him are true, he didn’t need to be any bigger than that to get the job done. :)