Promotion Points for Ranger, Special Forces, and Sapper Courses. You can be awarded 40 promotion points for completion of Ranger, Special Forces, or Sapper courses, but you must complete all phases of the courses to earn these points.
Valery Rozov. Valery Rozov (b. Nizhny Novgorod, December 26, 1964) is a Russian BASE jumper, who on May 5, 2013, jumped off Changtse (the north peak of the Mount Everest massif) from a height of 7,220 metres (23,690 ft).
Yuri Andropov. Yuri Andropov, the son of a railway official, was born in Nagutskoye, in the Soviet Union. He trained as a water transport engineer and worked in the shipyards at Rybinsk. He was politically active and joined the Communist Party (CPSU). In 1940 Andropov was placed in charge of the Karelian peninsula.