My Cole Range Experience - Danger Ranger Podcast Ep26

[@rwal296]

We did Cole Range on week four which was nice because you got the satisfaction of ending phase 1 once you finished. I went in January and they had the trench filled with water and we went through it everyday. The last night it was frozen over and I remember watching Roster Number 20 dive in without hesitation and proceed to break the ice for us. Needless to say he ranked high on peers. We also ended it out with a 14 mile forced ruck back to the bricks. Great times. RLTW

[@corcoranleary9506]

R Wal -- Thanks for the info. Did you get your phone after the ruck back? And was that on Friday afternoon? My son is in RASP and he promised to call after Cole Range. Thanks!

[@johnnyultor]

@@corcoranleary9506 Yes.

[@charlestonhartley7806]

When did you go through?

[@seanhayes8885]

I served in all three Battalions. I was in 2/75 for Panama and went to Regimental RIP before arriving. I got out of the Army as a SSG and then came back in as a SGT and went to 3/75 going through ROP in 1995. I went overseas to Okinawa and came back to Regt right before 911 going through ROP again and then going to 1/75 for early OEF and the invasion of Iraq in OIF I. I was commo and was a Company commo chief in 2nd and 3rd and the BN Commo chief for 1st. I love these videos about RASP since the RASP program started after I left 1/75 in 2004. RASP looks so much better than RIP because once the weedout process is done the candidates actually get real training. RIP was just a smoker with little training value.

[@DrewZaun]

Very interesting. I didn’t do RASP I served in the 90’s but your story brings back 2 memories. First one is being so tired that the effort of closing your eyes is too much, and you lay away staring up until you just pass out. The second is once I was so sleep deprived i had a full on conversation with a tree, and to this day I remember it like any real conversation I had with a real person. USArmy…#good times lol

[@TK-hw2ph]

Tom Block was the second or third Ranger I met when I got to my company, I was in Rasp when Ares happened. Really set the expectation seeing that guy walking around. One of the nicest guys too. Glad you got to meet him, although, you’d have probably been luckier if it had been an alligator 😂 Edit: I pulled my hip flexor on day 2 and could barely run during the squad competition. Just threw my leg forward and hoped it didn’t buckle. Good times

[@TK-hw2ph]

@short5513 Kex

[@ethanclark4116]

Man we got maybe 2 hours sleep the whole 3 days. No sleep at night, just low crawling through puddles

[@jonw1958]

The gravel road woodline from the pit is just over 200 meters, while the woodline towards the infamous "bush" is about 225 meters. Don't ask me how I found that out ;)

[@nickgarner6267]

Hey Zach, thanks for the video as always! What time are you planning on starting the live video on Friday?

[@zachthedangerranger]

Should be sometime around 8pm EST, maybe 9pm, I'll make a community post once an exact time is nailed down with the homies

[@yujirohanma8880]

Compared to ya career in Batt how was RASP? I keep reading online bein a private is way harder. Heading to RASP in 3 weeks!

[@zachthedangerranger]

RASP was a breeze compared to being a private. Every week for a while once you show up is like the first week of RASP, your squad is trying to see if you're a liability so they test you pretty good.

[@plugah]

hows it going

[@yujirohanma8880]

@@plugah brutal

[@plugah]

lmfao whats happening? looking to head to rasp next year

[@yujirohanma8880]

@@plugah you’ll find out

[@henrygonzalez3842]

HIT THE WOODLINE!!!! I was literally wishing we would do anything but that, it was just hell during RIP. But that 8 mile march we did in 1hr 15minutes? ☠️

[@VicA-br6hg]

Class 2-16.... was fun/ not fun...haha hot days cold nights and a lot of hitting that wood line! Haha

[@viper7320]

Any chance you will interview a guy from rmib

[@mgaming5413]

In pre rasp and rasp do you get to go over land nav again since not all mos there get taught in depth at AIT

[@zachthedangerranger]

Yes you will, classroom as well as field instruction

[@mgaming5413]

@@zachthedangerranger one more question do you get to recycle if you fail an event?

[@ethanclark4116]

Yes

[@lock7852]

I bet those were the best dogs you'd ever had man,love the little brownie bday moment was cool too😊Dont ever sell what you've accomplished short man,your a badass and have done badass shit💯🇺🇸

[@kieranfinnegan]

Hey, I’m curious what rucksack do you use to ruck? I’ve being wanting to go rucking recently and don’t know what to use. Great podcast btw.

[@zachthedangerranger]

I'm a slut for ol' ALICE haha, need to probably upgrade the shoulder straps and hip pad soon though.

[@Xaviier9090]

Hey Danger Ranger are you allowed to have snacks in RASP if so what snacks?

[@zachthedangerranger]

None allowed in the barracks, but whenever you get free time you can go and eat whatever you want at the PX or off post

[@josemunoz5469]

Hey danger ranger how fit do you have to be in regiment? Miles run push ups ect?

[@colinthomas9662]

Look up the pt standards

[@VitalHD]

as long as you can pass the rasp pt standards with very little issue you should be good but once you hit your battalion they expect you to be maxing everything

[@KirklandRed100s]

I was in the army for 6 years, one non combat deployment. I don’t think I ate an entire MRE ever. That has to be rough to get it down in less than 10 min

[@zachthedangerranger]

Oh it is, but definitely doable

[@nicholasmumford5616]

How are cherry medics treated in Batt?

[@henrygonzalez3842]

Back when it was hard they had it pretty good, just how it is….

[@Xaviier9090]

First! Hey Danger Ranger favorite thing for breakfast?

[@zachthedangerranger]

Eggs and cheese lol if it can only be one thing

[@autisticus1678]

Do you train any martial arts(Wrestling/BJJ, Muay Thai etc)?

[@zachthedangerranger]

I've done a little bit a Muay Thai, and a little bit more of BJJ. Want to get back into both, hard to find legit MMA gyms in UT

[@autisticus1678]

@@zachthedangerranger Yeah I feel that. It’s definitely fun and worth it though if you can find a good gym. I’ve done a decent amount of No-Gi BJJ/submission wrestling but I definitely need to do more striking.

[@rgrrgrsxndngr1904]

Does the Regiment still use Vanguard Tactical systems hand-to-hand combat training?

[@ftargr]

rip