Ranger School

Ranger school

I woke up on the edge of a swamp, with no idea where I was. My cap was on my chest and my weapon lay just outside my reach. Leaning over me, a very large man with green and black stripes painted across his face was snarling, ‘Ranger, why do I have a barely controllable urge to kick you in the teeth?’ Ah, it’s much better looking back and laughing at moments like that than living through them. I would soon come to my dulled senses and realize that I was in the Florida panhandle, struggling through the third of four phases of the US Army’s Ranger School.

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Ranger School Book Exposes...

...the challenge, the pain and the leadership value of U. S. Army Ranger School. Experience the first book to illuminate the best leadership school in the U.S. Army; Ranger School. Ranger School puts you at ground level and drives home leadership principles through impactful first-person stories. Learn what Ranger School is like. Feel the claustrophobia of the first night, the frustration of exhaustion and the pain of hunger. "No-excuse leaders don't have to act tough, but they must display mental toughness. Is it a coincidence that a 2006 study found that companies led by ex-military CEOs outperformed the S&P 500, and that such leaders lasted longer in their jobs?"