Subdeacon Joe Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Airman Ranger completes grueling Army training school JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AFNS) -- (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.) The average American male takes in just about 2,500 calories a day, sleeps about seven hours, and engages in sports or physical fitness activities much less than the recommended two hours and change per week. In the U.S. Army's Ranger School, trainees are ruck-marching day after day, sleep in rare 45-minute increments when possible, and get two meals-ready-to-eat each day, for a grand total of about 2,400 calories. It's a 61-day marathon of punishing physical exertion combined with sleep and food deprivation. The attrition rate has hovered around 50 percent since 1980. Sometimes, qualified Airmen are selected to attend the prestigious Army school, but only 257 have completed it, making a Ranger tab a brass ring in the Air Force. Senior Airman Stephen Becker, a native of Minerva, Ohio, graduated from the grueling course Jan. 24. His Ranger tab was pinned on by his father, Mike Becker, a former Green Beret who advised his sons to join the Air Force instead of the Army. (Stephen's brother Jarrod is also in the Air Force.)
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 Well done, Airman! You can bet he got more than his share of "additional instruction".
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