US Army Rangers

Rangers are the Army's elite, light infantry shock-troops — airborne qualified and tough as nails, they can either support higher units — like Army 'Delta' — or conduct raids on the enemy themselves. Assuming a recruit enters the Army with a contract to be a Ranger, it'll take about a year of training to go from civilian to basically trained Army Ranger. As the Army's "shock troops," they do conduct special operations, but oftentimes those ops fall in line with what regular Marine infantry does — in this way, they are elite, but certainly not close to the top dogs. Courses and qualifications include: Military freefall Combat diving Survival Evasion Resistance Escape Jump master (parachuting) Combatives instructor Combat lifesaver (medical first response) Pathfinder (survival) Language Mountain Warfare