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Amazing

I wish you all the best I have learned a lot

Thx for explaining it. Small Q pls, do you have an academically detailed book to propose to me on mission command ? Im thinking of maybe going into management and the book might help :). Thanks!

An honest man: The goal is to gain the Tab. Pace yourself. These words ring true today as in my time 50 years ago.

Hey Austin, love your videos documenting your experience becoming a Ranger. Im scheduled to ship out to basic later this summer. Later next year i will make my way to RASP. Just had 1 question, How much time did you have to wait until you made your second attempt at doing RASP?

Dear Cpt You have a very relevant view of warfare doctrine. However, acomplishing a healthy mission command system within an army unit is inherrently difficult. It takes time, resources and competence (a lot of competence), things that you seldom have in actual war and that system, in actual warfare is at best temporary. Leaders, commanders and soldiers die and get replaced with other people that disrupt systems regardless of their vision. Good in theory, difficult in reality. Especially in europe, where you have to generate and operationalise an army corps in 3 to 5 months. Cheers

I respect u Sir 🇳🇬

Thanks for the lecture captain caros

Brilliant. Brief and concise explanation of Mission Command. Thank you sir 🫡

Thanks for The lecture colonel 🇳🇬

Cold , Wet, tired and hungry 9-74 (50 years ago today we were in Florida- wonderful training. i must say I was equally challenged in Korea , winter cold wet and responsible for those that knew if they got a cold injury you would lose your job and they would get a ride to the rear. The only way is team work.

Fifty years ago today, I was in class 9-74. I graduated and went forward to the mighty 2nd Division in Korea.

Thanks for the memories (Flashbacks) Iwas in class 5-79. Served with the 2/75th

Excellent

Thank you man

I don't think you should write off complexity. I agree it shouldn't be an excuse but it must be considered alongside fundamentals and principles. Complexity exists relative to the time period it is being experienced.

Class 4-80. No one knew what Rangers were back then. Remember chanting the "Airborne Ranger" cadence during basic. Asked my buddy what a Ranger was. He didn't know either. 22 of us graduated from the original 150+ starting. I made it through by the grace of God. Asked each day for God to get me through that day. Couldn't do anything about yesterday. Did not have the strength to worry about tomorrow. Quitting was not an option. 45 yrs later it is still one of my best accomplishments in a life filled with accomplishments, where it is good to be me! Blown away about the information out there now for any that want to knowledge up before attending the "Suckfest" called Ranger School. Thank you for this!

This guy is a really, really good teacher.

After I finished RIP, stayed in the program till my school date, my fighting weight 155Lbs ripped, after RANGER school, 137lbs, got my civilian clothes, clothes just draped on me, had to make a new hole on my belt, just to keep my pants on.

When u graduate Ranger school, everyday is in slow motion, at nite in bed my wife told me I got under the blanket and mumbled as though I was reading a map, or that I got up went to a corner and ate the best tasting hamburger I ever had, to bad it was not real.

Welcome to TVD, don't talk to the Appalachia natives, do not point weapons at them, while u have blanks, they have real rounds.

Fail. Pt test, all runs, roadmarch, 2xfail patrols, lucky if u get a third patrol, soup sandwich, peer evaluations. Spot reports, based on patrol evals, peer and spot report up to company committee to send to next phase or recycle, usually recycle. Former RI.

Just be ready to get smoked, once u go through the gate, its double time, no company assigned, support pax will process u in, PT test, if u pass, assigned to companies, layout equipment, missing equipment, move aside, if u make it to the nite, next day 5am 5mile run after extensive leg workout prior to run, fallout, on truck and pack your gear, this is the process first week, classes and PT, 2nd week roadmarch to camp rogers for patrols, served as RI,

I frequently fish the remote small streams in the north Georgia mountains. Several years ago while fishing I came across several US ammo cans buried in the creek. Most of the cans had belt blank ammo in them. Still to this day I wondered where they came from 😂

thank you for this video

Thank you so much for this video! It has really helped me with my understanding of healthy actionable leadership practices, and has given me a tool to give to others struggling with micromanagement in the their life and work.

Sometimes Army Airborne get peered out, by these other branches and foreigners. They get their feelings hurt.

Standing by. Waiting to hear your account. I'm sure it will be interesting , informative and well done. Go for it. Benning 66

Is the test multiple guess or fill in the blank…

This pops up on RUclips recommendation after I typed in "The general causes of war or conflicts" on Chat gpt ☠️

WTF is this crap? Look Ranger School sucks, you’ll get hammered. Just bring the packing list, maybe stop by Ranger Joes.

Relationship isn’t required but their should always be respect for rank You don’t need to respect the person but you need to respect the rank

What is RAP week? Is that what the old city week is now? That was at Benning, then you went to Darby, Mtns, Dessert, to FL. Just asking, I know things change all the time.

Long life and prosperity

Thanks for the well-told stories.

Tell the US. Only Love Conquer Hate! Innocent People. War is Mass Mur. Let US Fight For Themselves. They Don’t Care About U

What was the Specific Ranger packing List To Get the Pass ?

How do we get the day by day document?

This dude could be the next Mr. Ballen, am I right?

Females are tabbed and scrolled nowadays. I’d say the tab doesn’t hold the prestige it once did anymore. Just like the blue cord.

My Ranger Class was 12-85...long time ago but maybe some of this still applies. Be in better than average shape. During the PT test which was the 1st day when I was there they cut more than 50%. I think you had to do like 60 push ups but when you hit about 50 they would just keep repeating ...50, 50, 51, 51, 51, etc till lots of guys just quit...I figured I did about 130 plus pushups just to get the 60. If you can, way before you get to Ranger School, join a local Orienteering club in your area and learn to Land Nav on the Run...just by chance I had a mentor that was an old Infantry guy and he got me into Orienteering at a young age...when I left for Infantry School, I was ranked 19th in the Nation for my age group so I had a firm grasp on Map Reading...and it paid off my whole military career...so many times. Learn to enjoy misery...the worse the weather was the better I liked it...the more tired...didn't let it phase me. Also, maybe I got lucky but my Ranger buddies, we got tight real quick and because of this covered each other for things like getting extra sleep, stealing food, extra help when in a leadership position. If I was platoon leader lets say..I could farm out things to my squad and know they would get done..if you try and lone wolf...you probably won't pass. I remember when one of our squad would be like...man, I don't know if I can make this >>>(fill in the blank) the standard response from everyone would be "Hey Joe, you know we like you...but if you can't hang f#ck ya." That was all it took for them to reach down and finish the task. Lastly...we had an RI tell us very early..."If you ain't cheating, you aren't trying. If you get caught, you weren't trying hard enough." We stole food like crazy...we even would designate two guys that was their sole job during ambushes and raids on the aggressors...while we were gathering intel, weapons, those two would be going through the trucks, tents, bunkers, whatever just looking for food and bagging it. We did it sooo many times...sometimes it wasn't much...but even a little was such a moral booster...oh and back then we only got three MRE's for two days or just 1.5 meals a day.

If you think MRE's were bad in 2012, you should have seen them in the mid-90's. Some of them were inedible no matter how hungry I was.

awesome vid

What a great video. I appreciate your candor. Before I went to Ranger School - I got some great advice from a guy who went through in the 60s (in between tours in Viet Nam) - “75% effort, 100% of the time.”

last patrol in Florida phase our PL and the golden walk RI had a lightsaber battle on santa rosa island. 05-18

Fantastic video! Great for military and for any aspect of "war"/management in any discipline. Please keep up the great work. Thank you for all you do and sharing the knowledge!

Austin, this video is great, thank you. I am a current ROTC cadet, I'll be attending ranger school in a program called the RTLI this upcoming year. during our last FTX I literally did the same exact thing on land nav, we were running on 2 hours of sleep and I plotted my point in a whole different sector, got a laugh out of that but it's a great thing to pay attention to, thank you.

Did you stop making videos? I just got into this channel.

Unity Captain Get your hands out of your pocket . Respectfully… If everyone is a leader every one would know what to do

That's a very good speech