One of the quickest ways to show how tough you are in the Army is to wear a Ranger tab.
In the two months it takes to earn, a soldier's mental and physical endurance is pushed to the absolute limit. He survives on one meal a day and a few hours of sleep per night.
He arrives at Ft. Benning in the best shape of his life and will lose an average of 20 pounds if he stays the full course.
The Discovery Channel's "Surviving the Cut" shows the 61-day course at Fort Benning and offers a glimpse at some of the toughest military training in the world. The attrition rate at Ranger School is intense and less than one-in-three who start the course achieve the coveted tab.
338 Ranger candidates begin the 61-day course long before the sun's up — and won't stop for another 20 hours
It's a non-stop schedule that includes brutal hand-to-hand combat tests ...
... strength tests where candidates carry another soldier 100-yards, the kind of move that save lives on the battlefield.
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