ASVAB scores are back, now what?

[michdad]

Thanks for your consideration. Please NEVER for forget that there are those that pray for yoy every day.

Matt

 

[Horned Toad]

Yes you are right, it takes a lot to be a Airborne Ranger.
Its a long process and I could be easily RTF'd but all I can do is physically and mentally prepare for it right now before I am there.
Yeah, the 18x program is only open to recruits but ya knew what I meant.

So if you want an opt 40, what did you do today to prepare? Knowing your Ranger history before you go and having the Ranger Creed memorized are all easy stuff. I took this from another post rather than retype it, to let you know what you’re facing

NOTE: This is not for enlistees. You kids should focus on the basics of push ups, sits ups, pull ups, 2 mile run, 5 mile run, 8 mile ruck and 12 mile ruck.


The major changes in RAW over the last two years are as follows:


Tasks 1-7 are conducted in order during a single, 90-minute PT session. Tasks 8 and 9 (and 10) require gym equipment and are conducted separate from Tasks 1-7, but within five calendar days of those tasks. The Ranger Physical Assessment Test (RPAT) is the primary tactical assessment and is conducted once per training/deployment cycle, separate from any athletic assessments by at least two days.

The addition of assessments that measure a broad range of physical attributes.
A three-phased approach to training subject matter experts within the unit.
Increased education on nutrition and supplementation while adding precise body composition assessments.
Increased education on the mental component of peak performance.
Addition of power-endurance/hybrid workouts.
Assessments
The primary purpose of the RAW assessments is to identify individual and team/squad areas needing improvement. This in turn guides subsequent physical training. The first nine tasks are athletic assessments that should be conducted twice during a complete training/deployment cycle. Tasks 1-7 are conducted in order during a single, 90-minute PT session. Tasks 8 and 9 require gym equipment and are conducted separate from Tasks 1-7, but within five calendar days of those tasks. The Ranger Physical Assessment Test (RPAT) is the primary tactical assessment and is conducted once per training/deployment cycle, separate from any athletic assessments by at least two days.


Field Expedient Assessments (for task/conditions/standards, see Appendix):

Task 1: Illinois Agility Test

Task 2: 4kg Backward Overhead Medicine Ball Throw (BOMB)

Task 3: Metronome Pushup

Task 4: Pull-ups

Task 5: 300-Yard Shuttle Run

Task 6: Heel Claps

Task 7: 20-Meter Shuttle Run


Gym-Based Assessments

Task 8: Deadlift with barbell at 225-lbs, max reps

Task 9: Bench Press with barbell at 185-lbs, max reps

Then it winds up with the RPAT.

TASK 10: Ranger Physical Assessment Test (RPAT). The purpose of this test is to measure all components of fitness (strength, endurance, movement skills), using tactically relevant tasks.

CONDITIONS – Given a 3 mile course, RBA, MICH helmet, Skedco w/ 160-lbs load, 20-foot fast rope apparatus, 20-foot caving ladder apparatus and an 8-foot wall.

STANDARDS – Complete a 3-mile run and combat focused PT course in less than 1 hour. The event will be conducted at squad level, with the mindset that the Ranger is competing against himself. Each time the event is conducted, each Ranger should see constant improvement in his time and ability to negotiate the course.

Conduct a 2-mile run wearing ACUs, boots, RBA and MICH helmet. The run will begin and end at a 20-foot fast rope.
After the completion of the run, immediately climb the 20-foot fast rope and do a controlled descent.
When the rope climb is complete, drag a 160-pound SKEDCO litter 50 yards, turn round and drag it back 50 yards to the start point.
Immediately following the SKEDCO pull, climb a 20-foot caving ladder and climb all the way back down.
At the bottom of the Caving ladder, sprint 100 yards, turn around, sprint back 100 yards and climb over the 8-foot wall.
Conduct a 1 mile run wearing ACUs, boots, RBA and MICH helmet. The run will begin and end at the 8-ft wall. Time stops when you cross the line at the 8-foot wall.

Full Text: https://www.benning.army.mil/75thran...gerAthlete.htm

 

[macgregor22]

Thank you very much for that post HT.
That will help me alot when it comes to knowing what I need to prepare for.

As for what I am doing today, well I am about to go on a 5 mile run.

 

[AlexSchira]

I'll add this much, the AF recently reformatted their BASIC training just a few months ago back in December. First week at Lackland, they shoved a non-firing M-16 with real parts in your hands and that's for best friend until you leave. 'Warrior Week' (gah...) has been replaced with a full base-defense simulation, to replicate working in a FOB. They just leave all the recruits off in a little base in the desert with their TIs watching from a control tower, as they react to air strikes, bio-weapons, and IEDs with nothing but their new training. The simulation training had to happen, but the new weapons-focus and harsher regime is an attempt at something. Combine that with the downsizing of the Navy and AF, they're telling people to turn in their gear and leave, or switch to the Army in the Blue-to-Green program. Meanwhile, the Army has spots to fill, and they'll take a 16 on the ASVAB if you have a diploma. I didn't believe it until I heard it from a recruiter.

The evolution of the AF aside, if you're aiming for the Ranger way...A Ranger is a Ranger. Sure they have Airmen and Sailors headed through Ranger School for leadership training, a Ranger in a Ranger's unit isn't something you can somewhat pull together in another branch. As for the 18X contract...Stick to Ranger. Out of the eight hundred or so who took the 18X pipeline...A dozen or so made it, the rest are off in the 82nd Airborne Infantry. 98% washout rate, they hang the green beret over these kids' heads just to get them locked in with extra training. And these weren't lazy idiots, they all pre-qualified physically with special standards, and all had 90s-range ASVAB scores.

Finally...If the military wants to pay for college, consider it. I've worked with many enlisted who got full rides and even grad school years in various branches, known ROTC officers and scholarships cases, You really have to have a reason to turn down an officer's starting pay, which is twice an E-1's. Infantry Officer is indeed extremely selective, officers have to work harder to get high-speed than enlisted.

 

[macgregor22]

Thanks Alex, yeah I think I'm going to stick with the ranger route.

And with the 18x route, you know how the song goes "100 men will test today but only 3 will win the green beret".