No Seals...
But have served with plenty of cats that went onto SF and Delta...
Question - would those running selection have been required to pass selection? I worked with a guy, Major who was a Ranger and he was the first guy I ever met to really harp on the difference between being "Ranger Qualified" and being in a battalion. Claimed to have been an officer that oversaw parts of selection. Always wondered about it.
Oh there is a world of difference between having the Ranger Tab (ranger qualified) and just having the Scroll ie being in Bn.
IIRC he was a Bn guy. Been a good 10 years since we talked, which reminds me - he has one of my old Magpul videos yet.
I remember yrs and yrs ago my company cdr had a ranger tab and we told him guys from regiment said having the scroll was more important than the tab. He stopped smiling and said those ph uckers had no idea what they were talking about. I can say I known plenty of Army Rangers. One of my good friends grew up in regiment.
Well to be fair as an Infantry officer you're usually not going very far without a Ranger Tab. My understanding is that in Regiment once you reach a certain rank you are pretty much required to go to Ranger School anyhow.
Ranger tab for enlisted infantrymen goes a long ways as well. Majority of CSM’s in the infantry world have the ranger tab. You want to see a sad infantrymen with a ranger tab? Send them to an Armor battalion.
Dude...
I had a CSM in G3 last tour in Korea.
19K with a Ranger Tab
Black dude.
He was not happy about not getting a Battalion.
Both majors
All us 7 and 8,s
Our 6,s and below
Jump Toc and Jump Tac
Complete set up and run G3
Security responsible was my 12 hour shift with 2 sqds of 11B,s
All of us 11 Series except our CSM
Dude was like fuuug me I'm in 11 land...
But he knew his schit and how to run things.
Technical and Tactical highly proficient
He was probably one of the very few black CSM tab holders in the Army per Armor Branch.
Only other ones I had was CSM Jerry Wilson in 1/ 502nd
And CSM Jochim Diaz in 1/502nd.
Both useless...
One KIA who got one of my soldiers KIA also...
Diaz went over to the Rakkasans as BDE CSM.
Then retired and then Crabtree made BDE CSM over their.
I used to fuuk with Crabtree so fuukkng bad when he was a young e5 in scouts in 2/327th.
Red on the noodle like a Peter on a poodle is what I used to taunt him with.
Ran into his alky dirt bag unshaven needing a haircut self.
At wally world about 1.5 yrs ago.
Total civilian looking unkempt dirt bag appearance.
Looked like deer in the headlights when he seen me.
I'm like do I know you???
I'm Crabtree man.
I just chuckled and actually apologized to him for fuuuking with him long ago.
We talked for about 15 mins.
He smelled like booze at 11 or 12 in the morning.
Whatever..
Was looking for fishing stuff.
It's a small planet.....
