A distance of the equivalent of walking from boston to new york, often while wearing packs weighing up to 90 pounds. it includes rappelling off mountains, sometimes at night wearing night-vision goggles, parachuting into the swamps of florida and the good news, i guess you can call it good news, if you fail a section they sometimes give you an option to do it again, pick up where you left off. ranger school happens year round. part of the challenge with the current class in ranger school is that it has been such a hot summer. that's a particular challenge in the mountain phase conducted in geo...