Sergeant Major Mullinax

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 –

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 –

Now, okay. It's nine day.

Now, okay. It's nine day.

Now, okay. It's nine day.

And if you haven't heard this before, If you talk to anybody that's ever gone through the program, they'll remind you of hit the wood line. So this is when you go out to the field and 100 times a day, they tell you hit the wood line. It's like a 500 meter field that you go out, bring a tree branch back, come back to the formation. You do that over and over and over again.

And if you haven't heard this before, If you talk to anybody that's ever gone through the program, they'll remind you of hit the wood line. So this is when you go out to the field and 100 times a day, they tell you hit the wood line. It's like a 500 meter field that you go out, bring a tree branch back, come back to the formation. You do that over and over and over again.

And if you haven't heard this before, If you talk to anybody that's ever gone through the program, they'll remind you of hit the wood line. So this is when you go out to the field and 100 times a day, they tell you hit the wood line. It's like a 500 meter field that you go out, bring a tree branch back, come back to the formation. You do that over and over and over again.

So there's a lot of stuff that just I think they might still do that. I hope they do. But there's a lot of stuff that just really didn't make sense. And it wasn't necessarily preparing them for the. other than to figure out who really wanted to be there and who didn't, but they weren't really getting trained. So I think that's the biggest thing.

So there's a lot of stuff that just I think they might still do that. I hope they do. But there's a lot of stuff that just really didn't make sense. And it wasn't necessarily preparing them for the. other than to figure out who really wanted to be there and who didn't, but they weren't really getting trained. So I think that's the biggest thing.

So there's a lot of stuff that just I think they might still do that. I hope they do. But there's a lot of stuff that just really didn't make sense. And it wasn't necessarily preparing them for the. other than to figure out who really wanted to be there and who didn't, but they weren't really getting trained. So I think that's the biggest thing.

I went through in December of 1998.

I went through in December of 1998.

I went through in December of 1998.

No, I had no idea. In fact, I just didn't know what the Ranger Regiment was. My dad served in the Army as a young soldier and then worked for the government many years out there. So it's kind of like being a military brat, but I didn't know a lot about Army. I knew I wanted to serve. My grandfather was a cook. I can't wait to see these parks.

No, I had no idea. In fact, I just didn't know what the Ranger Regiment was. My dad served in the Army as a young soldier and then worked for the government many years out there. So it's kind of like being a military brat, but I didn't know a lot about Army. I knew I wanted to serve. My grandfather was a cook. I can't wait to see these parks.

No, I had no idea. In fact, I just didn't know what the Ranger Regiment was. My dad served in the Army as a young soldier and then worked for the government many years out there. So it's kind of like being a military brat, but I didn't know a lot about Army. I knew I wanted to serve. My grandfather was a cook. I can't wait to see these parks.

I actually did three years of Navy Junior ROTC in high school. So I thought I was going in the Navy. I was like ready to go be a Navy SEAL. And then my dad was helping out this young guy who had just gotten out of the Army. And turns out he came from the Ranger Regiment. And he's like, and he found out, hey, I've been talking to a recruiter. I'm getting ready to graduate high school next year.

I actually did three years of Navy Junior ROTC in high school. So I thought I was going in the Navy. I was like ready to go be a Navy SEAL. And then my dad was helping out this young guy who had just gotten out of the Army. And turns out he came from the Ranger Regiment. And he's like, and he found out, hey, I've been talking to a recruiter. I'm getting ready to graduate high school next year.

I actually did three years of Navy Junior ROTC in high school. So I thought I was going in the Navy. I was like ready to go be a Navy SEAL. And then my dad was helping out this young guy who had just gotten out of the Army. And turns out he came from the Ranger Regiment. And he's like, and he found out, hey, I've been talking to a recruiter. I'm getting ready to graduate high school next year.