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comment by TheVenerableCain

Whoa, congrats! My cousin successfully completed Ranger training. Dude looked rough at the end. Really thin, like skin and bones. Told us some pretty wild stories, like a guy hallucinating a tray of cinnamon rolls on the ground and freaking out at anyone who got near them and another dude who thought a tree was a vending machine and kept trying to get sodas out of it. Crazy stuff. Best of luck to everyone involved.





rinx  ·  3482 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not done yet, but amazed by how far they have come! Sad that even if they complete training, they still will not be allowed to actively serve as rangers.

tla  ·  3482 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ugh I hate that. I assume "distraction" and/or "we must protect the baby factories" to be part of the reason?

rinx  ·  3481 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The rangers officially doesn't allow women, no justification, just "that's how it is". So only the training school is open for a trial run. But yes, in general I think those are what the military says. I'm pretty sure her thesis was about how the distraction one is BS, I'll see if I can post it when she gets back.

tla  ·  3481 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Apparently the military is great and creates such discipline in its personnel ... that they get very distracted by what bits people have or where they want to put them.