The U.S. Army describes Ranger School as the Army’s “toughest course and the premier small unit tactics and leadership school.”
Ranger students are pushed to their physical and mental limits, aimed at developing skills that will help when soldiers are in close combat and direct fire battle.
The course, which lasts for 62 days, incorporates three phases: beginning, mountain, and swamp.
The Beginning phase teaches students squad operations, and focuses on ambush and recon missions, patrol base operations, and planning before moving on to platoon operations, according to the Student Information site. Once in the Mountain phase, students develop platoon-level skills. The swamp phase rounds out their training.
“Rangers are better trained, more capable, more resilient, and better prepared to serve and lead Solders in their next duty position,” reads the student information.
