“In developing their analysis, the leadership within the Ranger Regiment realized there are four basic pillars to individual combat effectiveness. Unless these four areas are mastered, the individual on the battlefield will not be able to perform his part in any real world combat scenario effectively. Mastery of these four areas though, allows you to adapt them to perform any task successfully.

Those four pillars are Physical Conditioning, Marksmanship, Trauma medicine, and Battle Skills/Drills.”

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