Not sure if this is still applicable, but just late last year the brigade's senior enlisted (CSM Smith) felt there was a very low NCO attendance rate and concluded the Army's future was in the balance with nearly the same number of graduates as those (Rangers) leaving the service. If that is in fact true, it would take over a decade to replace the level of experience and leadership in the Ranger NCO corps.
I think we now say the Army has more resilient soldiers once they complete the Ranger course. Most of the NCO courses concentrate on leadership, core tasks and physical fitness, but not to the levels in SOF and Rangers courses.
The Army of the 70s and 90s trained based on minimum passing standards while the SOF and Rangers trained for maximum standards. I used to debate on whether the 5-mile run and chin ups were of any specific value until I saw first hand how many couldn't perform 12 chin ups and run an additional 3 miles.
Odd, almost all the Rangers I've known never served a day in a Ranger Battalion.
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