HMRS . . Romeo?

[FLRanger]

Just wondering who's planning on going to Romeo this year?

[ol'fido]

Romeo!! Romeo!! Where fore art thou, Romeo?! And, who is gong to you?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[lordmonar]

Okay....I'll bite....what is ROMEO....beyond the male lead in a famous play and the Phonetic Letter for "R"?

[Eclipse]

R - Real
O - Old
M - Men
E - Eating
O - Out

I've heard it more than once describe Senior Members.

[Struts]

Somehow I doubt this is what he was getting at...

[SarDragon]

Somehow I doubt this is what he was getting at...

Ya think?

I'm willing to bet that ol'fido was fully aware of the original intent when he made the funny. He even strongly hinted at that in the second paragraph.

[GTCommando]

From the PAWG website:

Ranger Staff Training Course (Romeo)

This course has been developed to enable Cadets returning for a 2nd year from wings other than PA to become Ranger Staff Cadets. It compresses 8 weekends of intense staff training into 9 days. Students will be pushed to their limits both physically and mentally as they are taught, hands-on, a variety of skills including leadership, team management, effective teaching techniques, the importance of duty and commitment, SAR skills, advanced navigation, and woodsmanship.  During the field exercise, students act as team commanders for a basic squadron. After the field exercise, students will immediately begin a survival hike, which will test all skills including navigation ability, endurance, survival techniques, and self-confidence.  Students who complete this course will be awarded their Yellow Scarf.  Prerequisite: Must have completed Cadet Basic or Advanced. There will be an interview and
written and physical fitness tests given by our staff prior to committing you to this course.
Packing list: https://pawg.cap.gov/sites/default/files/HMRS9daycrstMtangoIndstudy_0.pdf
Ranger Staff Training Course Fee $325.00 (includes food and some safety equipment)

[manfredvonrichthofen]

R is for ranger!
O is for oh look I'm a ranger!
M is for my goodness I'm a ranger!
E is for everyone look at me I'm a ranger!
O is for oh did I mention I'm a ranger?

[AngelWings]

R is for ranger!
O is for oh look I'm a ranger!
M is for my goodness I'm a ranger!
E is for everyone look at me I'm a ranger!
O is for oh did I mention I'm a ranger?

This just made my night 

[PHall]

R is for ranger!
O is for oh look I'm a ranger!
M is for my goodness I'm a ranger!
E is for everyone look at me I'm a ranger!
O is for oh did I mention I'm a ranger?

Nicely played sir, nicely played.

[Extremepredjudice]

R is for ranger!
O is for oh look I'm a ranger!
M is for my goodness I'm a ranger!
E is for everyone look at me I'm a ranger!
O is for oh did I mention I'm a ranger?

Slow clap

Well played.

[sarmed1]

.......strangely that is how I feel about that squadron too.....

mk

[Struts]

@OP what is so special about HMRS Romeo?

[Extremepredjudice]

@OP what is so special about HMRS Romeo?

It is the advanced HMRS. Only for second year students.

This isn't twitter. We don't use at signs.

[ol'fido]

R is for ranger!
O is for oh look I'm a ranger!
M is for my goodness I'm a ranger!
E is for everyone look at me I'm a ranger!
O is for oh did I mention I'm a ranger?

I even know a little jingle about rangers sung to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasal!" but cadet protection issues and all that.

[manfredvonrichthofen]

R is for ranger!
O is for oh look I'm a ranger!
M is for my goodness I'm a ranger!
E is for everyone look at me I'm a ranger!
O is for oh did I mention I'm a ranger?

I even know a little jingle about rangers sung to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasal!" but cadet protection issues and all that.

PM please. I just gotta hear it.

[SarDragon]

I'd also make the same request, but I fear the potential ear worm. 

[FLRanger]

Trolls. . .smh any serious answers? (how bout we act a little more mature?)

[HGjunkie]

R is for ranger!
O is for oh look I'm a ranger!
M is for my goodness I'm a ranger!
E is for everyone look at me I'm a ranger!
O is for oh did I mention I'm a ranger?

I even know a little jingle about rangers sung to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasal!" but cadet protection issues and all that.

Ooh, can I get in on this? 

[Eclipse]

Just wondering who's planning on going to Romeo this year?

Apparently, no one.

[AngelWings]

Trolls. . .smh any serious answers? (how bout we act a little more mature?)

Welcome to CAPTalk. Please scroll through the countless threads with HMRS included in it for your reasons of why nobody is acting "mature".

[Extremepredjudice]

Trolls. . .smh any serious answers? (how bout we act a little more mature?)

Welcome to CAPTalk. Please scroll through the countless threads with HMRS included in it for your reasons of why nobody is acting "mature".

[Spaceman3750]

Is it just me or has CT gone off the deep end (even by CT standards) over the past couple of weeks?

[Extremepredjudice]

Is it just me or has CT gone off the deep end (even by CT standards) over the past couple of weeks?

It must be the admins week off.

[ol'fido]

R is for ranger!
O is for oh look I'm a ranger!
M is for my goodness I'm a ranger!
E is for everyone look at me I'm a ranger!
O is for oh did I mention I'm a ranger?

I even know a little jingle about rangers sung to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasal!" but cadet protection issues and all that.

Ooh, can I get in on this? 

Yes, the minute you turn senior. PM me then.

[ol'fido]

R is for ranger!
O is for oh look I'm a ranger!
M is for my goodness I'm a ranger!
E is for everyone look at me I'm a ranger!
O is for oh did I mention I'm a ranger?

I even know a little jingle about rangers sung to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasal!" but cadet protection issues and all that.

PM please. I just gotta hear it.

PM Sent.

[SarDragon]

Is it just me or has CT gone off the deep end (even by CT standards) over the past couple of weeks?

Nah. It runs in cycles. We just had a full moon, so that might be a factor. Or not.

[AngelWings]

Trolls. . .smh any serious answers? (how bout we act a little more mature?)

Welcome to CAPTalk. Please scroll through the countless threads with HMRS included in it for your reasons of why nobody is acting "mature".

I wasn't intending to sound serious as much to just show the new user that CAPTalk doesn't have the greatest outlook on HMRS at all. Now, if I was being serious, this picture shows how to tell if I am serious or not.

[a2capt]

Okay, and I'm usually known in other circles for .. "he's got a song for everything", I gotta hear this one, too. Come on.

[SarDragon]

OK, OK, send the [censored] thing.

[sarmed1]

the likelyhood of someone else on this board going to Romeo is extemely slim.  A-its a cadet only squadron (and I would wager there are more seniors on CT than caderts) B-There are usually 12 or less students accepted for Romeo squadron (the chance of any of those other 11 being on here is likely also slim)

a more usefull post (and maybe even less mocked) would have been a "......who's going to HMRS this year........"

mk

[jeders]

OK, OK, send the [censored] thing.

Bowing to popular opinion, can you send it my way too?

[Spaceman3750]

I'll bite, send it on over here.

[a2capt]

Heh.. we've got one going to the event this Summer. We'll see..

[Al Sayre]

I'll bite on the ranger song, send it over...

[Cool Mace]

I can't be the only one left out here. Want to send it my way?

[CamoMan]

Can I get the ranger song?

[Майор Хаткевич]

SM Since 2010. Please send PM!

[ol'fido]

Can I get the ranger song?

Can't tell from profile...cadet or senior?

[CamoMan]

Cadet.

[Extremepredjudice]

Sir, can I get a PM of the song.


Don't worry, I am from the internet!  :angel:

[ol'fido]

Sorry, Camo and Extreme, PM me when you turn senior. You have both probably heard worse at lunch period from the Chess Club, but you're still not going to get it until you turn over to the dark side. At least not from me.....

[a2capt]

LOL

[manfredvonrichthofen]

The best part? It's pretty funny, just got to figure out how to clean it up a bit for the squadron.

[commando1]

If you ever get in the mood to fight through the internet, just post on CT about HMRS or amber strobe lights  ...or berets...

[754837]

If you ever get in the mood to fight through the internet, just post on CT about HMRS or amber strobe lights  ...or berets...

You could do all three in one thread plus throw in a critique of ES responses to natural disasters.  That would be a riot!

[RogueLeader]

I'd like a copy please.

[tsrup]

If you ever get in the mood to fight through the internet, just post on CT about HMRS or amber strobe lights  ...or berets...

You could do all three in one thread plus throw in a critique of ES responses to natural disasters.  That would be a riot!

So, check this out.

There I was just minding my own business when a tornado touched down just outside of town.  I immediately put on my BDU's (even though I didn't have time to shave) and hopped in my truck.  I switched on my blue light so I could get there as fast as I could possibly go.  I skipped checking in at the ICP and immediately started a high angle extraction complete with all the rope knowledge that I have from HMRS and proceded to triage the injured (since I AM an EMT after all).  It started raining so I took off my beret and replaced it with my boonie hat so I could keep the water out of my eyes. 

Will it be acceptable for me to wear my CSU to accept the awards that I'm sure CAP and the city are going to give me?

[lordmonar]

You forgot about putting on your yellow rain coat!

And you were not safety current at the time!

[Extremepredjudice]

If you ever get in the mood to fight through the internet, just post on CT about HMRS or amber strobe lights  ...or berets...

You could do all three in one thread plus throw in a critique of ES responses to natural disasters.  That would be a riot!

So, check this out.

There I was just minding my own business when a tornado touched down just outside of town.  I immediately put on my BDU's (even though I didn't have time to shave) and hopped in my truck.  I switched on my blue light so I could get there as fast as I could possibly go.  I skipped checking in at the ICP and immediately started a high angle extraction complete with all the rope knowledge that I have from HMRS and proceded to triage the injured (since I AM an EMT after all).  It started raining so I took off my beret and replaced it with my boonie hat so I could keep the water out of my eyes. 

Will it be acceptable for me to wear my CSU to accept the awards that I'm sure CAP and the city are going to give me?

You didn't critique the ES program.

LET'S START A RIOT! Like this one!

[manfredvonrichthofen]

Really guys I have big news, I'm a ranger.
Obviously I'm the best qualified because I'm a ranger.
Me, I know how to rappel from a helicopter, I'm a ranger.
Everyone listen, I'm a ranger I know everything
Oh geez wing king your doing it wrong, trust me I'm a ranger

[sarmed1]

Really guys I have big news, I'm a ranger.
Obviously I'm the best qualified because I'm a ranger.
Me, I know how to rappel from a helicopter, I'm a ranger.
Everyone listen, I'm a ranger I know everything
Oh geez wing king your doing it wrong, trust me I'm a ranger

Way to go dude on setting an outstanding example......

mk

[manfredvonrichthofen]

No, I really don't have a problem with CAP Rangers, so long as they don't get the elitist attitude. But more often than not they do from what I have seen. I haven't seen very many but of the ones I have seen, about two out of three have the attitude.

[PHall]

Really guys I have big news, I'm a ranger.
Obviously I'm the best qualified because I'm a ranger.
Me, I know how to rappel from a helicopter, I'm a ranger.
Everyone listen, I'm a ranger I know everything
Oh geez wing king your doing it wrong, trust me I'm a ranger

Way to go dude on setting an outstanding example......

mk

No, it's that third of your graduates with the 'tudes who are setting that "outstanding example".

I know you tell them to not have a 'tude when they go home, but more then a few do, especially the one's from outside PAWG.

I think it's due to the personalities of the people HMRS seems to attract.

[sarmed1]

So the leadership lesson I am taking away from this then is that its ok to set a bad example because someone else set one first?
The opionions of others here on the board regarding HMRS personnel I can understand; they have had bad experiences with grads; but they at least can remain proffesional about it.  Making up limericks that demean the entire group is not a trait one expects to see in a leader and mentor of a cadet program. 


I bet you have some great jokes about Pollacks, Blacks, Jews and Hispanics too dont you?

mk 

[Al Sayre]

I don't believe he made that one up, after I saw it I recognized it from way back when I was a Cadet in the 70's.  I suspect it came out around 1 day after the Army started their Ranger program in WWII...

[fyrfitrmedic]

 I actually remember hearing that as a cadet in PAWG.

[manfredvonrichthofen]

It's nothing new. There are limmerics about every group possible in CAP and the military. Heck I can think of a bunch about senior members...

I don't know but I've been told Killion is Getting pretty old
I don't know but it's been said Killion should already be dead.

Well you can't spell lost with out the LT...

there are many many more. I'm just trying to make some funny come along. I really hope they are really teaching good things at HMRS.

[phillybiker]

Romeo sqdn is the staff training sqdn. It is NOT the advanced ES course. The team leader course is Tango sqdn. You may have signed up for the wrong thing.  Romeo is heavy on leadership, navigation and learning how the HMRS summer school is run. So you can come back the following year as staff.
You can still switch to either alpha sqdn, or tango sqdn, if becoming a staff member is not what you want to do.