Sergeant Major Mullinax

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uh rip back then was pretty much a um a three-week smoke session give them like get like when they smoke you say smoke session that could be sound like oh you do a hundred push-ups and that's it no that go on i mean you wake up and uh and you're basically they're they're they were looking for a reason to to smoke us all day long and really the purpose was

uh rip back then was pretty much a um a three-week smoke session give them like get like when they smoke you say smoke session that could be sound like oh you do a hundred push-ups and that's it no that go on i mean you wake up and uh and you're basically they're they're they were looking for a reason to to smoke us all day long and really the purpose was

uh rip back then was pretty much a um a three-week smoke session give them like get like when they smoke you say smoke session that could be sound like oh you do a hundred push-ups and that's it no that go on i mean you wake up and uh and you're basically they're they're they were looking for a reason to to smoke us all day long and really the purpose was

Good or bad, it was to figure out who really wanted to be there so that so the in the course in the I have to say that like the you know, especially when it transitioned to RAS, the Ranger Assessment Selection Program. It's professionalized, right? So it's still really, really hard. In fact, it's harder than it was then.

Good or bad, it was to figure out who really wanted to be there so that so the in the course in the I have to say that like the you know, especially when it transitioned to RAS, the Ranger Assessment Selection Program. It's professionalized, right? So it's still really, really hard. In fact, it's harder than it was then.

Good or bad, it was to figure out who really wanted to be there so that so the in the course in the I have to say that like the you know, especially when it transitioned to RAS, the Ranger Assessment Selection Program. It's professionalized, right? So it's still really, really hard. In fact, it's harder than it was then.

But they've professionalized in a way that they made it very difficult, but without all the dumb stuff. So they're still going through a very, very hard program. They're still being assessed. figuring out who really wants it and who doesn't. So all those things are still happening, but they're doing it in a way that is much better than it was sort of on the fly back in the day.

But they've professionalized in a way that they made it very difficult, but without all the dumb stuff. So they're still going through a very, very hard program. They're still being assessed. figuring out who really wants it and who doesn't. So all those things are still happening, but they're doing it in a way that is much better than it was sort of on the fly back in the day.

But they've professionalized in a way that they made it very difficult, but without all the dumb stuff. So they're still going through a very, very hard program. They're still being assessed. figuring out who really wants it and who doesn't. So all those things are still happening, but they're doing it in a way that is much better than it was sort of on the fly back in the day.

Well, I think it's – you know, I haven't been in the Ranger Regiment since 2014 or 15, so the programs continue to evolve. But, you know, I think that they're looking much harder at their – their suitability for the organization. So there's psych evals involved. There's all sorts of things.

Well, I think it's – you know, I haven't been in the Ranger Regiment since 2014 or 15, so the programs continue to evolve. But, you know, I think that they're looking much harder at their – their suitability for the organization. So there's psych evals involved. There's all sorts of things.

Well, I think it's – you know, I haven't been in the Ranger Regiment since 2014 or 15, so the programs continue to evolve. But, you know, I think that they're looking much harder at their – their suitability for the organization. So there's psych evals involved. There's all sorts of things.

So they're weeding out an echelon of folks that may not have, you know, 20 years ago, may have not passed this modern rip. So you're getting a...

So they're weeding out an echelon of folks that may not have, you know, 20 years ago, may have not passed this modern rip. So you're getting a...

So they're weeding out an echelon of folks that may not have, you know, 20 years ago, may have not passed this modern rip. So you're getting a...

getting a young ranger that is more reliable stronger character consistent across the formation more reliable just as physically fit if not more because it's very competitive as the organization's grown it's become kind of a place to be in and more so than it ever has been and so you're getting a physically fit really smart young soldiers that are serving in that organization

getting a young ranger that is more reliable stronger character consistent across the formation more reliable just as physically fit if not more because it's very competitive as the organization's grown it's become kind of a place to be in and more so than it ever has been and so you're getting a physically fit really smart young soldiers that are serving in that organization

getting a young ranger that is more reliable stronger character consistent across the formation more reliable just as physically fit if not more because it's very competitive as the organization's grown it's become kind of a place to be in and more so than it ever has been and so you're getting a physically fit really smart young soldiers that are serving in that organization

And, oh, by the way, it's longer now. I think it's closer to eight weeks, if not eight weeks. And they're doing a lot of really tough training. That second month, I mean, it's exclusively focused on, like, real exceptional training that we just didn't – we didn't learn that back in the – even as a young soldier in a ranger platoon, you weren't learning the skills that they're learning in –