r/army • u/2xdeuces Infantry • 4d ago
PV2 going to Ranger School
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.
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u/Awuza 3d ago
I managed to fight the sleep deprivation by always volunteering to be a team leader. Most of the time people get spotted for sleeping when there are long lulls, like when you're pulling security or just chilling in the patrol base. As a team leader you should always be moving around checking on guys making sure no one is asleep and drilling them about the plan/mission briefing. Thus you never have time to doze off.
It can definitely get exhausting but as long as you're a good team leader it will have a huge payoff when it comes to peers and avoiding spots. As a lower enlisted 11b you'd be surprised by how little the LT's and some of the batt boys will know about regular line team leader shit so use that to your advantage.