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Ranger Training Procedure

Congressional Inquiry into Ranger Training Procedures

The purpose of this inquiry is to determine whether there is a need for Ranger training in the United States Army, and if so, why the Army continues to staff such training below minimum safe levels. Fifty-six Ranger students have died while in the Ranger Training Program since it was instituted in the 1950s. Four of these students died in a single incident in Florida in 1995. The investigations following the deaths of the four students identified certain minimum safe levels of training staffing necessary to prevent the reoccurrence of such an incident. The National Security, International Affairs, & Criminal Justice Subcommittee ("the Subcommittee") of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee ("the Committee") has all investigative oversight responsibility of the Department of Defense in the House of Representatives. The Subcommittee will commission this further inquiry.

The National Security and International Affairs Division ("NSAID") handed in its final report to the Subcommittee on the 1995 Ranger training incident on February 25, 1999. The report concluded that the Army has never in the 5 years following the incident met the minimum staffing levels necessary to ensure the safety of Ranger students. Consequently, the Subcommittee is concerned that the safety of Ranger training students cannot be ensured. Under such circumstances, the Subcommittee feels an obligation to question the Army's decision to continue such training.

The Ranger Training Brigade is under the command of the U.S. Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The Training Brigade is an elite program that instructs soldiers in advanced combat skills during a punishing two-month course. The course is more physically and mentally demanding than Army basic training, with students often sent on extended round-the-clock exercises. Training is divided into four phases. The 4th Ranger Training Battalion a...

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