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Ranger recon unit seeks soldiers


Staff report
Posted : Wednesday Feb 14, 2007 10:10:37 EST

Applications are being accepted for duty with a unit that provides tactical and special reconnaissance support to the 75th Ranger Regiment.

The Regiment Reconnaissance Company’s recce teams are composed of battle-hardened noncommissioned officers with numerous combat deployments.

The current recruiting drive is targeted at male soldiers in the ranks of specialist through sergeant first class from the infantry, field artillery, medical and communications career management fields.

The company also has vacancies for infantry staff sergeants and sergeants first class, communications and information systems operation privates through staff sergeants, medical privates through sergeants first class, and privates through sergeants first class who are unit supply specialists (MOS 92Y) or automated logistics specialists (MOS 92A).

Applicants must be airborne- and Ranger-qualified.

Limited officer vacancies include one infantry major position, two infantry captain positions and one position for a chief warrant officer 2 holding MOS 350F (all-source intelligence technician).

Assessment courses are conducted twice each year, usually in March and September.

Once selected for the company, members attend a rigorous 29-week operator training course that includes free-fall training, computers, advanced communications, digital photography, photo editing, reconnaissance reporting formats, fieldcraft and stalks, infiltration and exfiltration methods, close-air support, advanced driving techniques, demolitions, tactical man-tracking and advanced medical techniques.

For additional information, interested soldiers can e-mail RRDRecruiter@ahqb.soc.mil, or call (832) 275-7684 or (706) 545-7302.



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