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Apparently wrote songs for some guy named Johhny? Weird..I dunoo.
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Did he say he was a Ranger?

Rhodes scholar too. Not bad.
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From wikipedia
Kristofferson, under pressure from his family, ultimately joined the U.S. Army and achieved the rank of Captain. He became a helicopter pilot after receiving flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He also completed Ranger School.
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EZ,
In the video, he said something like, "I have my Ranger tab." He didn't actually say he was a Ranger. I just wondered what that meant. Maybe it means he completed Ranger school, which not every pussy can do.
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No idea.

He may have completed ranger school and never was assigned to a ranger unit.

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I thing he got his ranger tab but chose flight school.

Damn fine actor as well as songwriter and poet.
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It means he attended Ranger School and therefore is Ranger school qualified. Not the same as serving in the 75th Ranger Regt. Back in the 1960s, when kristofferson served, any male in the Army could volunteer to attend RangerSchool as long as there was an open slot.

A Ranger serves in one of three Ranger Battalions and assigned to the 75th Ranger Regt. In general, this means you have been to basic, advanced infantry training, airborne scholl, Ranger Indoctrination Program RIP ( now RASP).

IMO you had to have worn the scroll to walk around claiming your are or we're a RANGER. Some might even go as far as saying only those who have worn the scroll and the tab at the same time are correct in claiming they were a Ranger. They wouldn't be far off; you don't earn your tab while in Regiment, your going to get DX and sent to leg land.

Kristofferson, to his credit, uses the correct phase- he has his tab and is Ranger Scool Qualified.
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