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Ranger club
in regional
By ERIKA JOHNSON
Staff Writer
Wake-up call sounds at 4:30
a.m., and USC's Ranger Club is up
and ready to face a 14-hour day of
constant tests of their physical and
mental capabilities.
The Ranger Club is one of 22
teams from North and South Carolina
that participated Saturday in
the Ranger Challenge at Fort Jackson.
The events began at 5:30 a.m.
with a physical fitness test and ended
at 6:30 p^m. with a 10-kilometer
road march.
"It's dark when they start in the
morning at 5:30, and it's dark
when they get back at six or seven
at night," Ranger Club Moderator
Captain Frederick Hellwig said.
Their day began with an army
physical fitness test, which includes
the maximum amount of
sit-ups and push-ups in a twominute
time period and a two-mile
run.
From there the Rangers moved
on to Basic Rifle Marksmanship,
including a one kilometer march in
a protective gas mask to test en
durance and physical discipline. If
the seal is broken on the mask, <
then the Ranger is disqualified
from the event I
"We train for a nuclear, biologi- i
cal and chemical environment," <
political science senior and team \
member Karl Johnson said. j
The Rangers also participated in 1
rope bridge building, weapons assembly
and the grenade throw.
These events test technical skill as
well as physical ability. t
At 3:30 p.m., the Rangers began
to prepare for the most demanding t(
event of the day ? the 10 kilome- ^
ter road march. The Rangers have
to carry a 30-pound pack on their t
backs and a rifle while running 6.2 '
miles in army boots on sand trails,
paved roads and rocky hills. "It is si
really a 10K ruck sack run," Hell- v
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than 150 Rangers gather to get
their final safety briefing of the
day. "This is the premier event of
Ranger Challenge," Fifth Brigade
Commander Colonel Donald
Latella said in his motivational
speech to the Rangers before they
began the march.
The USC Rangers were the first
to start the road march, but were
almost the last to complete it. A
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from the finish line and had to be
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Another team member was also
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was unable to participate in the
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Although disappointed, the Rangers
crossed the finish line with a
feeling of accomplishment. They
finished tenth out of the 22 teams.
"It's a challenge and a feeling of
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team member and junior business
major Andrew Gainey said. "If it
was easy, we probably wouldn't
do it."
"If it hit us that it's that bad and
mat painful, and if we can drive on
through that, maybe we know for
sure if we really want to do this
ivith our lives," team captain and
unior International Studies major
Richard Byrn said.
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hallenge each cadet's mental and
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