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[[File:75RangerRegtSSI.jpg|right|75th Ranger Regiment insignia]]

'''Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP)''' is an 8-week course held at [[Fort Benning]], Georgia, for the [[U.S. {{AsArmy]]'s of[[75th Ranger Regiment (United States)|75th Ranger Regiment]]. In 2009}}, RASP replaced both the RIP (Ranger Indoctrination Program (RIP)<ref>Jones, Danny (Feb. 7, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoIYlETkTgs Interview with Jack Murphy (Episode 172).] ''KONCRETE'' Podcast. — via [[YouTube]].</ref> for enlisted Soldiers and ROP (Ranger Orientation Program (ROP) for Officers, both [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] and [[Non-commissioned officer|noncommissioned]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=ARMY RANGERS |url=https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/specialty-careers/special-ops/army-rangers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823171326/https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/specialty-careers/special-ops/army-rangers.html |archive-date=23 August 2022 |website=GoArmy}}</ref> and below to be assigned to the [[U.S. Army]]'s [[75th Ranger Regiment (United States)|75th Ranger Regiment]].

RASP is designed to prepare soldiers, many of whom have just graduated [[Recruit training|Basic Training]] and [[Advanced Individual Training]] and are still considered "fresh" recruits, for assignment to the [[75th Ranger Regiment]]. Soldiers from other units attempting to transfer to the 75th Ranger Regiment also attend the course, but are less common than new soldiers.