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Introduction - dad
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Re: Introduction - dad
Welcome Dad. I'm a Mom. ... with a Ranger in the 2nd too. Great to have you here, I'm figurin' your son is eating the same dirt as mine.
(Mine did it for the great Army pay )
(Mine did it for the great Army pay )
To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
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RIP 10-08 & RS 10-09
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al_2ndWolfhounds
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Welcome.
I'm know that there are many reasons why some choose to serve and some of those that strive to be the best.
Based upon your intro I would bet that your son didn't come by his values all on his own. Thank you for raising one of the best.
I'm know that there are many reasons why some choose to serve and some of those that strive to be the best.
Based upon your intro I would bet that your son didn't come by his values all on his own. Thank you for raising one of the best.
RLTW
Active service 01/67-12/73
Ranger Class 10-68
2/27 Inf 25th Inf Div Vietnam 01/69-01/70
"In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.” – Joseph Heller, Catch-22
Active service 01/67-12/73
Ranger Class 10-68
2/27 Inf 25th Inf Div Vietnam 01/69-01/70
"In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.” – Joseph Heller, Catch-22
Re: Introduction - dad
Welcome here, Jay.al_2ndWolfhounds wrote: I'm know that there are many reasons why some choose to serve and some of those that strive to be the best.
Based upon your intro I would bet that your son didn't come by his values all on his own. Thank you for raising one of the best.
I agree with Al (above). We all know that the influence of parents and family have a significant impact on the way that children turn out. "Thank you" to you and your family for providing your son with the character to undertake his route, and thank him, for us, for carrying on the tradition.
We all had other Rangers who came before us, and without your son and the other young men like him, our tradition wouldn't be carried into the next generation(s).
"War is an extension of politics by other means" - Carl Phillip Gottfried von Clausewitz - "On War"
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Class 2-73
B/75: 72-74
Co.B,1st Ranger Bn.: 74-75
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panthersix
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Was you a forward or a back?
Doc Mac
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Welcome to ArmyRanger.com. Sounds like you have reason to be proud of your son. You did a good job of making him into a man and nurturing that "Wild heart".
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for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother!" - Shakespeare
RLTW! - Land of the Free BECAUSE of the Brave
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SSG VN 69-70
I Co., 75th. Inf.
4/9 Inf., 25th ID
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Welcome to the site, thnaks for raising a Ranger! Great intro!
B Co., 3/75th, '91-'96 "THE" Token
RS 9-92
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EXRUGGER45
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Ha ha, panthersix. I guessed someone would figure out my username. I was both, but mostly -- and in my heart firstly -- a forward. I coached forwards for a few years, too. When I was young and fit, played wing forward and eight man. When I was older and a bit "stockier" played mostly prop. Haven't played in a couple years, though.
Proud 2/75 dad
Wisconsin
“The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.”
- Frederic Bastiat, writing about liberty
Wisconsin
“The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.”
- Frederic Bastiat, writing about liberty
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Outfuckingstanding intro Dad!
Congrats on raising a sheepdog.
I nominate an impact "high five" for the new dad.
Congrats on raising a sheepdog.
I nominate an impact "high five" for the new dad.
B Co. FIST 3/75 Rgr Rgt.
1991-2000
RS 9-92
Task Force Ranger 1993
For those who fight for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
1991-2000
RS 9-92
Task Force Ranger 1993
For those who fight for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
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panthersix
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OK, as long as you had some prop time, I'm cool with ya ;)
I was loose head prop for a long time. I still have some cauliflower ears from playing tight head prop in Canada. The Canuks have a wicked tight pack! I learned a lot up there. They do so me very hard headbutting in the front row too.
I also played a Maryland and then club for a while. I miss it!
Glad to have A REAL man on the boards ;)
I was loose head prop for a long time. I still have some cauliflower ears from playing tight head prop in Canada. The Canuks have a wicked tight pack! I learned a lot up there. They do so me very hard headbutting in the front row too.
I also played a Maryland and then club for a while. I miss it!
Glad to have A REAL man on the boards ;)
Doc Mac
Ranger Class 11-80
C.Co. WPNS 1/75 79-81
3rd Plt/498th Medevac 81-82
104th LRSD 92-93
422d CA BN (A) 94-97
118th ASOS 02-08
Ranger Class 11-80
C.Co. WPNS 1/75 79-81
3rd Plt/498th Medevac 81-82
104th LRSD 92-93
422d CA BN (A) 94-97
118th ASOS 02-08
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EXRUGGER45
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LOTS of prop time!Played loose and tight head and I've got a little quasimodo thing going on behind my head to prove it. Touch, pause enGAGE! (ouch!)
Damn, I wonder, panthersix if I'll ever be able to write/talk/read about rugby and not get freaking goosebumps. Seriously. I read your post and I just want to scrum up and have the eff at it, you know? I saw "Invictus" on Christmas Day and I swear I was trying to get co-workers to kit up in the snow outside of work.
I envy your international experience. Closest I came to playing in another country was when we'd go to Jonesboro, Ark., and play rugby in a dry county. Truly foreign, weird shit, that.
I helped start the club in Cape Girardeau, MO. (Go Scorpions!) and moved away a couple years before the team went to Wales for the World Cup in 1999. They played local clubs during the day, went to WC matches in the afternoon/evening, then hit the bars at night. Yeah, I know. I'm sure it sucked.
Good to meet another rugger among all the great folks here!
Damn, I wonder, panthersix if I'll ever be able to write/talk/read about rugby and not get freaking goosebumps. Seriously. I read your post and I just want to scrum up and have the eff at it, you know? I saw "Invictus" on Christmas Day and I swear I was trying to get co-workers to kit up in the snow outside of work.
I envy your international experience. Closest I came to playing in another country was when we'd go to Jonesboro, Ark., and play rugby in a dry county. Truly foreign, weird shit, that.
I helped start the club in Cape Girardeau, MO. (Go Scorpions!) and moved away a couple years before the team went to Wales for the World Cup in 1999. They played local clubs during the day, went to WC matches in the afternoon/evening, then hit the bars at night. Yeah, I know. I'm sure it sucked.
Good to meet another rugger among all the great folks here!
Proud 2/75 dad
Wisconsin
“The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.”
- Frederic Bastiat, writing about liberty
Wisconsin
“The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.”
- Frederic Bastiat, writing about liberty
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panthersix
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Free beer for all the RUGGERS! We had our own groupies at the Univ of MD when I was there :) That was fun. Playing on the Mall in DC with equal amounts of snow and mud was awesome. I played one game in Texas for the SA Armadillos when I was in Officer Basic. The ground was harder than hell and it was hot as hell too with these little spur things all over the ground.
We could probably tell Rugby stories all damn day! Now that I'll be 50 soon, I may play in a couple of old boys games with my old club in Canada.....then again maybe not! lol
We could probably tell Rugby stories all damn day! Now that I'll be 50 soon, I may play in a couple of old boys games with my old club in Canada.....then again maybe not! lol
Doc Mac
Ranger Class 11-80
C.Co. WPNS 1/75 79-81
3rd Plt/498th Medevac 81-82
104th LRSD 92-93
422d CA BN (A) 94-97
118th ASOS 02-08
Ranger Class 11-80
C.Co. WPNS 1/75 79-81
3rd Plt/498th Medevac 81-82
104th LRSD 92-93
422d CA BN (A) 94-97
118th ASOS 02-08
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FIST TEAM LTR
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Congratulations and tell him Good Luck.
Oh yeah, somebody should have told him all the Wisconsin guys go to the 1st Bn
Oh yeah, somebody should have told him all the Wisconsin guys go to the 1st Bn
1st Ranger Bn HHC 1978-81
A Company FIST Team
RGR Class 9-79
A Company FIST Team
RGR Class 9-79
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welcome to the site! Intro gets a fist bump AND high five
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RCC, RSTB 75th Rgr Rgt. Oct 07-Feb 09
1/3 SFG (A) SigDet, Dec 09-May 12
RS 02-06
team 3 best team.
RCC, RSTB 75th Rgr Rgt. Oct 07-Feb 09
1/3 SFG (A) SigDet, Dec 09-May 12
RS 02-06
team 3 best team.
