Results 1 to 10 of 10

Thread: Ranger Roll

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    North Texas
    Posts
    702
    Feedback Score
    1 (100%)

    Ranger Roll

    This came up on my YouTube feed, and I thought I would post it here. Some of you may recognize the guy giving the demonstration. Wil Willis was in the Rangers for four years, and the Air Force Para-rescue for 10. He has also been on a few television series for The Military and History Channels.

    A person who is not inwardly prepared for the use of violence against him is always weaker than the person committing the violence. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    GA
    Posts
    2,181
    Feedback Score
    52 (100%)
    There are a ton of safer and more efficient ways to move a casualty.

    No malice intended, but this can easily cause further harm.
    Last edited by GTF425; 11-12-19 at 11:38.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Aug 2017
    Location
    Lowcountry, SC.
    Posts
    6,173
    Feedback Score
    30 (100%)
    I’ve seen this video, but I have never once been instructed in this technique in my time in the Ranger Regiment, JMAU, other DoD organizations, or as a “tactical” paramedic.

    Perhaps it has applications beyond my appreciation.
    RLTW

    Former Action Guy
    Disclosure: I am affiliated PRN with a tactical training center, but I speak only for myself. I have no idea what we sell, other than CLP and training. I receive no income from sale of hard goods.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Feb 2019
    Location
    Tennessee
    Posts
    14
    Feedback Score
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by GTF425 View Post
    There are a ton of safer and more efficient ways to move a casualty.

    No malice intended, but this can easily cause further harm.
    Totally agree, not only do you stand injuring the casualty you risk hurting yourself, I'd imagine the last thing you'd want in a gunfight is a slipped disc lol.
    Zechariah 13:6 (KJV)

    And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Posts
    33,884
    Feedback Score
    3 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by 1168 View Post

    Perhaps it has applications beyond my appreciation.
    We used to do this in Judo class as a next level up from basic fireman carry as part of our warmups, with the goal being able to get people of higher weight onto your shoulders that you could never otherwise pick up.

    And now that I think about it, we did encounter a few minor injuries both to people being picked up (usually when it failed) and those attempting to lift really heavy people. I can still "feel" the fatigue associated with the exercise which was basically "Ok pick up your buddy, walk to the edge of the room, tag the wall and walk to the opposite wall and do the same" which went on for almost 5 minutes because you never got paired with somebody your own weight or lighter.
    It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.

    Chuck, we miss ya man.

    كافر

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Posts
    33,884
    Feedback Score
    3 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by GTF425 View Post
    There are a ton of safer and more efficient ways to move a casualty.
    I'd be interested in seeing those methods if you have links.
    It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.

    Chuck, we miss ya man.

    كافر

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Durham, NC
    Posts
    6,916
    Feedback Score
    23 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
    I'd be interested in seeing those methods if you have links.
    A very subtle understatement. We would never, ever, ever do this. This is Hollywood.

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    GA
    Posts
    2,181
    Feedback Score
    52 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by SteyrAUG View Post
    I'd be interested in seeing those methods if you have links.
    I don't have video links off the top of my head, sorry man. I usually demonstrate various methods of expedient and deliberate extraction/casualty carries in our classes.

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Aug 2017
    Location
    Lowcountry, SC.
    Posts
    6,173
    Feedback Score
    30 (100%)
    The Deployed Medicine app will have videos, and its an official source for pros.
    Last edited by 1168; 02-03-22 at 11:49.

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Posts
    33,884
    Feedback Score
    3 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by GTF425 View Post
    I don't have video links off the top of my head, sorry man. I usually demonstrate various methods of expedient and deliberate extraction/casualty carries in our classes.
    Ok, thanks. It's one area I really don't have any training in, but I'd be interesting in picking up some pointers. A couple of our shooting clubs practiced basic first aid for generic gun shot wounds, but I probably can't stress the word "basic" enough.

    Quote Originally Posted by 1168 View Post
    The Deployed Medicine app will have videos, and its an official source for pros.
    I'll take a look, thanks.
    It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.

    Chuck, we miss ya man.

    كافر

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •