Tough going: Elite service members compete for ‘Best Ranger’

FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — There’s tough, there’s Army Ranger tough and then there’s the toughest of the tough, the handful named Best Ranger.
Earlier this month, 106 elite members of the U.S. military spent 60 grueling hours competing as two-member teams for the Best Ranger title.
With little sleep, they marched, ran, swam, rappelled and swung hand over hand on ropes across a wilderness area at Fort Benning in Georgia. They fired rifles and machine guns, performed simulate