I thought that if you pass the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP) course, you get put in the Ranger Regiment. After that, selected NCOs and officers can go to Ranger School.
And.....you don’t have to be a Ranger to go to (and graduate from) Ranger School.
RBG81: Ref “I thought that if you pass the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP) course, you get put in the Ranger Regiment. After that, selected NCOs and officers can go to Ranger School.
And.....you don’t have to be a Ranger to go to (and graduate from) Ranger School.”
You are correct in that airborne qualified junior enlisted Soldiers can be admitted to the Ranger Regiment after some initial screening. When I was in, they went through the Ranger prep course in preparation for Ranger School. They were expected to earn their tabs in order to become NCOs in the regiment. Some junior NCOs who attended Ranger School while assigned to other units are admitted to the Ranger Regiment.
Officers had to be Ranger qualified before they could even be considered for a Ranger assignment. The vast majority of us went on to careers in the main divisions of the Army. Most of those who got into the Regiment came off the DMZ in Korea or the 82nd. — The two females who completed the course are officers.Unless they meet the criteria/specialty skills requirements of the Regiment, they probably will not go to the Regiment.