The Ranger Program
The Civil Air Patrol Ranger program was created at HMRS in the 1960s. A Ranger must advance through five classes to become an Expert Ranger. While attending the school, every student has the opportunity for advancement by proving their mastery of various crafts to a ranger of a higher class. To date, only 244 people have been awarded Expert Ranger tapes, the highest class of ranger. A running traditions holds that, upon receiving their Expert Ranger rating, the new Expert is thrown into a deep section of the stream that runs through the Obstacle Course at HMRS.
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