So a couple years pass, he gets promoted to E4, and attends Ranger school, and completes it. At that point, he'd be awarded a V Special Qualification Identifier for Ranger Parachutist (i.e., Airborne Ranger), so his MOS would read 11B1V.
How to Manually Check Your Heart Rate. A normal resting heart rate for most adults is between 60 and 100 beats per minute. Conditioned athletes typically have resting heart rates closer to 60 beats per minute. If your resting heart rate is greater than 100 beats per minute -- or less than 60 and you are not an athlete -- visit your doctor, who can diagnose any underlying condition you might have.
How to Take Your Own Pulse With a Stethoscope It's a fact of life: some people's pulses are just more difficult to take by palpation (pressure on an artery with the fingers) than others. If you have been advised by your physician to monitor your heart rate regularly and are having difficulty taking your pulse this way, it will likely be easier to take it with a stethoscope instead.