Yeah, I'm sorry it was too long. I'm also having second thoughts about the wisdom of having written it, but oh well..... I'm too honest early in the morning.... To any BRR reading this, please don't take anything I wrote personally. I'm not attacking the ranger establishment. I have an immense amoun...

Oh, and by the way, unless things have really really changed, I don't believe the posters that said it took 12 hours to do alpha.... That is an exaggeration. Also, the water being for "rangers only"? Nonsense. While I don't doubt you're repeating what you were told, I just don't believe it. Perhaps ...

The OP has made some salient points. I have alphaed twice and been bonked twice. I had also attended training a few other years besides.... Yeah, I have alot of ranger friends, so I find myself surrounded by them much of the year. I'm using a "pen name" for this because I don't want anyone to know t...