Time to Get Soldiers Back to Ranger School Again

Army secretary says it’s time to get soldiers back to training again

By LUIS MARTINEZ, ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN and MATT SEYLER, ABC News(WASHINGTON) – In early April, the United States Army did something it had never done before: it stopped sending recruits to basic training. New West Point graduates need to get to Ranger School. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the nation, the Army looked to put new procedures into place so that it could protect those recruits and nearly a half million active duty soldiers located across the U.S.

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