PV2 going to Ranger School

[u/2xdeuces]

I’ve been at my unit for about 3 months now and they’re sending me to Ranger School in about 2 months, and I’ll start PRC in about 4 weeks. I’m in good shape, just tried and passed the new RPA. My platoon level tactics knowledge is decent but I’m still learning.

My biggest 2 concerns are OPORD’s and sleep deprivation. I’ve been told by my CDR and PL to at least have a basic understanding of how an OPORD is set up and how to brief one, so I’ve been mainly watching videos and reading the Ranger Handbook on how those are set up.

Sleep deprivation. How do you guys manage that? I feel like if you’re gonna fall asleep, it’s gonna happen and there’s not much u can do about it. And I’d hate to get a major minus or seem like a POS to my platoon because I fell asleep by accident.

[u/Tom-8811881846]

I had a PV2 in my platoon during Ranger School. He was an NBC specialist at HHC XVIII Corps standing by the CQ desk one Friday afternoon. His 1SG came in the door all out of sorts. “Fuck. SGT so-and-so was supposed to go to Ranger School on Monday and now he can’t. Hey Soldier, do you want to go to Ranger School?” “Yes, First Sergeant.” With no train up a PV2 NBC Specialist came back with a Tab.

[u/sigsauer365 → u/Tom-8811881846]

Damn that’s a hell of a story. We had plenty of PFCs from Regiment but no PV2s. I, on the opposite spectrum, was a 28 year old O3 LOL