To be fair, lets compare apples to apples. "There are more Rangers alone than SEALS" No not really. In the case of "true" Army Rangers you need to compare 75th Regiment and they have approximately 2,000 give or take. While many in the Army hold a Ranger Tab, that does not make them true Army Rangers in the sense of special operations like 75th. A good friend of mine that I grew up with is still in the Army (Lt Col) and he wears his "ranger" tab on his uniform and he is a medical admin type who manages clinics and hospitals. Current numbers of active SEALS come in around 2,200 or so. While some may make an argument that "Rangers" can be compared with SEALS, I would argue that while all Navy SEALS are created equal, Army Rangers (and those wearing tabs) are not.
As has already been argued, as main forces are becoming less common and smaller specialized units may be playing a larger role, these specialized training schools take time and come at a price of extended enlistment. Now if you want to call a 56 day Ranger course equivalent to SEAL training to compare Rangers to SEALS.......Again, the OP may have had these opportunities to enlist today and fight tomorrow if he joined a few years ago but in the current climate its not going to happen and we have a tendency to get into major conflicts every 10 years or so since WWII, (WWII -40's, Korea - 50's, Nam 60's into mid 70's, DS/DS - 90's, OIF/Afghanistan - early 2k until 14' and now we are the down swing again) If he enlists now and stays for a second enlistment, he may get his wish.
