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COMPETITOR CHARACTERISTICS:

AVERAGE AGE: 28
AVERAGE HEIGHT: 5’10”
AVERAGE WEIGHT: 165
RANK: SPECIALIST TO MAJOR
VOLUNTEER
AIRBORNE RANGER QUALIFIED
DECATHALON-CALIBER SOLDIER-ATHLETE
26% PRIOR COMPETITORS

PAST MAJOR EVENTS
PAST MAJOR EVENTS

UNKOWN DISTANCE RUN / PUSH UPS / SIT UPS
MALVESTI CONFIDENCE COURSE
AIRBORNE OPERATION
RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP
PISTOL MARKSMANSHIP
MACHINE GUN MARKSMANSHIP
FOOT MARCH – 20+ MILES (60 POUND RUCK SACK)
AIRBORNE OPERATION
SPOT JUMP
4.7 MILE RUCK RUN
HANDS-ON RANGER SKILLS TESTS (DAY & NIGHT) DEMOLITIONS
GRENADES
MILITARY KNOTS
WEAPONS ASSEMBLY
ROPE CLIMB AND RAPPELING (PRUSIK)
BAYONET ASSAULT COURSE
NIGHT LAND NAVIGATION (MAP & COMPASS)
OBSTACLE COURSE
WATER CONFIDENCE TEST SLIDE FOR LIFE / ROPE DROP
HELOCAST / SWIM
MILE BUDDY RUN
BEST RANGER STATS
60 CONTINUOUS HOURS
60 MILES COVERED
NO PROGRAMMED SLEEP
29 MILITARY TASKS MOVE
SHOOT
COMMUNICATE

TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS:
TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

EXPERT IN PROFESSION
HIGH LEVEL OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STAMINA

PAST GUEST SPEAKERS
PAST GUEST SPEAKERS

1988 GEN SCHWARZKOPF
1989 GEN LINDSAY
1990 GEN VUONO
1991 NO COMPETITION
1992 GEN LINDSAY
1993 LTG (R) GRANGE
1994 GEN SULLIVAN
1995 GEN McCAFFREY
1996 GEN REIMER
1997 GEN SHELTON
1998 GEN (R) SULLIVAN
1999 LTG KERNAN
2000 GEN HENDRIX
2002 GEN SHINSEKI
2003 No Competition
2004 MG FREAKLEY
2005 GEN SCHOOMAKER, CHIEF OF STAFF
2006 GEN CODY, VICE CHIEF OF STAFF, UNITED STATES ARMY
2007 MG (R) LEUER
2008 GEN GEORGE W. CASEY JR.
2011 HONORABLE JOHN MCHUGH – SECRETARY OF THE ARMY