Ranger School

Compared to Ranger School, combat was easy. ~ Robert "Tex" Turner

The United States Army Ranger School is a 62-day small unit tactics and leadership course that develops functional skills directly related to units whose mission is to engage the enemy in close combat and direct fire battles.

Quotes

• I woke up in my foxhole in a cold sweat. I had a nightmare that I was still in Ranger School. Thank God that I was in Vietnam. Compared to Ranger School, combat was easy.
  • Colonel Robert "Tex" Turner, as quoted in "Get Tabbed: How To Graduate From Army Ranger School: Lessons From a Former Army Ranger Instructor" (2020) by Bronston Clough. Mentor Enterprises, Inc., 3rd edition, 6th printing, p. 61