Ranger.

This pamphlet has been designed to provide you with a history of the Ranger and to orient you on the Ranger course. For the prospective student, it answers many questions that will assist in preparation for Ranger training. The Ranger course has the capability of developing the overall combat potential of junior leaders to a higher degree than any other course in the Army. Men who make excellent tactical decisions in the classroom or in normal training programs, sometimes fail miserably under the stress of combat. Hunger, fatigue, and the press of a tactical situation uncovers weaknesses which an individual never knew he had. An individual in Ranger training gains an insight into himself and his fellow man. Not every man can qualify as a Ranger. It is a challenge for the professional officer or hard core noncommissioned officer--a challenge to prove oneself under conditions of weather and terrain which equal and often exceed those encountered in combat. The Ranger course affords the junior leader the opportunity, by practical application, to develop and to prove himself in a rugged course of instruction.