What is option 40

The APFT must be administered within 30 days prior to ship date. Those individuals who fail any event of the APFT or the Pre-Basic Training Task List will have their contract renegotiated and will only be authorized advanced promotion based on provisions of AR Inprocessing through the Reception Battalion. Airborne training. This course is two weeks in duration, consisting of physical conditioning, land navigation, and small unit team building.

Contact ROC for any required assistance. Applicants will be required to read and initial block 1a of this form and acknowledge his understanding of this option by signing the appropriate block under "Authentication" on back of form.

The GC will complete the remainder of this section, witnessing the applicant's signature. It is important that you learn the regiment's operational procedures, equipment and standards before your assignment. After you have proven yourself at your Ranger Battalion, your next step will be to go to the Army's premiere leadership school -- Ranger School -- to earn your Ranger tab.

This school is a requirement for officers as well as becoming a non-commissioned officer NCO in the Rangers. Not all troops who graduate Ranger School are assigned to a Ranger Battalion. In fact, the school regularly accepts some students from outside the Army. Army Ranger NCOs are experts in leading soldiers on difficult missions. To do this, they need rigorous training. Over two months, Ranger students train to exhaustion, pushing the limits of their minds and bodies. There are three distinct phases of Ranger School that require soldiers to make quick decisions in adverse situations.

These phases are called "crawl," "walk" and "run. It's designed to assess and develop the necessary physical and mental skills to complete combat missions and the remainder of Ranger School successfully.

If you are not in top physical condition when you report to the Ranger School, you will have extreme difficulty keeping up with the fast pace of Ranger training, especially during this first phase. During this phase, you will receive instruction on military mountaineering tasks, as well as techniques for employing squads and platoons for continuous combat patrol operations in a mountainous environment. You will further develop your ability to command and control a platoon-sized patrol through planning, preparing and executing a variety of combat patrol missions.

When I signed up for the military, I was hoping to make a better world. Instead I helped make it more dangerous. I had recently graduated from college. I was also hoping that, in volunteering, I would get some of my student loans paid for. Like you, I was looking for practical help, but also for meaning.

I wanted to do right by my family and my country. I did. I became a war resister after my second deployment in Afghanistan for all the reasons I mention above. I finally unpacked, so to speak. Leaving the military was one of the most difficult but rewarding experiences of my life. My own goal is to take what I learned in the military and bring it to high school and college students as a kind of counter-recruiter. After all, kids do need to hear both sides.

I hope this letter is a jumping off point for you. You can be an effective counter-recruiter without being an ex-military guy.

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Noah Y. Matt Simon. Fairtrade America. Fred Pearce. Dan Friedman. David Corn. Alexander C. What are the physical requirements? How much do Army Rangers make? Do I need an Option 40 contract? I submitted my packet to join the Rangers but I have not received any feedback. When will I get orders? How do I Re-enlist for the Ranger Regiment? My Chain of Command will not support my move to the Ranger Regiment. What do I do? The 75th Ranger Regiment is a special operations unit with the mission to plan and conduct joint special military operations in support of national policies and objectives.

Ranger School is the Army's premier leadership school, and is open to all members of the military, regardless of whether they have served in the 75th Ranger Regiment or completed RASP. The 75th Ranger Regiment requires that its leaders attend the U. All infantry and artillery military occupational specialties MOS must complete the course before they assume a leadership role in the regiment.

No, you may join the Ranger Regiment without being Ranger or Airborne qualified. However, some officers are required to be Ranger qualified before they are eligible to apply to the Ranger Regiment. This requirement applies to Infantry and Field Artillery Officers. For some duty positions, you will not serve in the regiment until you successfully complete Ranger School. If you are unable to complete the course, you may be dropped from the regiment and sent to serve elsewhere.

Obviously, if you have your Ranger tab before you apply, it will only expedite your ability to serve in the regiment. In order to join the Ranger Regiment, you must: Be a U. Physical requirements: Pass the Ranger Fitness Test 58 push-ups, 69 sit-ups, five-mile run in 40 minutes or less, six pull-ups Pass the Water Survival Assessment Complete a mile march with a pound rucksack and weapon in less than three hours.