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Rangers,

Ray here. I am not sure if any remember me, but I joined your site as a DEP sometime last year.

I did not make it through RIP.

I came in less than 100% healed from my broken foot during OSUT and BAC.

I ended up re-aggrivating my injury while working out on my own during RIP pending.
I ...

I got to talk with Hopps at the RIP barracks and around main post this past weekend. What I see, aside from a good friend, is a man who knows what the Lord wants for him, and I think that for sure that he's meant to be a Ranger. I have seen a lot of this maturity back when we were both DEPs in ...

If any Depper is afraid of weight loss. No worries. Just eat everything and anything you can. Take peoples chow they don't want. Hell I ate from the trash when the DS's weren't looking. I gained 28lbs in OSUT. Just be sure to do PT at night because you don't get PT'd enough! PT PT and more PT. The ...

9/3 SITREP from Hopps
Ray--
I started week 5 last Friday. I start qualifying with my M16A4 this Tuesday (7th). I have to tell you that you are going to hate the first three weeks of BCT! It absolutely sucks. You are going to have un-squared away pukes making you get smoked 24/7. They don't call it ...

8/29 SITREP from Phulano
Ray,
I rolled my ankle and sprained my knee last week when I took a spill down a rocky hill. I was on a 5 day profile stating that I could not run, jump, or march. I managed to pull a fast one and get a RTD (Return to Duty) after 3 days, but I regret it now because I'm in ...

What did you think of their situations Ray?
Ranger Steadfast, I am glad to see that my two buddies have distinguished themselves as potential leaders. In Phulano's case, as he is mature (he's 22 and has grown up a bit), the Army would probably make him a leader during training anyway. I am not ...

I recieved these letters from two of your members, two guys who have become my friends, Hopps and Fulano. Two of my heroes and fellow youngsters.

Hey Ray, Kyle here. I am in my second week of OSUT. It's boring right now because of total control and all the little things we are learning. There are ...

I dropped off Hopping Mad (aka Hopps, aka Foodboy) off at the MEPS this morning after grabbing his last breakfast as a DEP at 0330. This is his last photo as a DEP at 0430 this morning.
He is excited to leave. The last thing I said to him was "thanks for serving our country."

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Who was decoraated as the first American to kill a German?..

Ranger jakeshoe,

The first American ground soldier decorated for killing a German in WWII was Cpl. Franklin Koons.

...Cpl. Franklin Koons, probably the first American soldier to kill a German in this war said
"We got to a little ...

...What is the significance that Major Darby would pick a National Guardsman as an XO?

Ranger jakeshoe,

In reading the source marked [3], Dammer volunteered as a Ranger because he did not want to spend the war "guarding a coastline." Dammer wanted to get into the war.
The following quote is on ...

Ranger Jakeshoe,
Since blacksrt4 volunteered to post last time, I will post this time, adding that we both did research on this.

So how long did they have to form?
Assuming that the official date of activation was June 19, 1942 and selection started on 8 June, the unit
had 11 days to form. [1 ...

Ranger Spartan,

#4 got this vote.

Edited: Ranger V-Rod - I fixed the post and did the pushups.

Ranger Flesh Thorn,

Well, I hope I'm not speaking out of turn, but other than running, situps, regular pushups and Leatherneck's mini boot camp , Furey's Combat Conditioning IS my workout. However, after buying Furey's book and videos, I found myself down about $135.00 . The back bridge was the ...

Ranger Spartan,

I was able to recieve two consecutive days off because of the Memorial Day observance. I can say, however, that Memorial Day means so much more to me than a rare day off.

There's not much I can do from my comfortable apartment to honor our fallen. I used it to read up on some ...

Damn, Swimmerkid! You've just got me so motivated! :idea: Your running ability looks to be awesome. When I was 15-17, I was more concerned with benching 225 and squatting and deadlifting 315. Now I wish I was more like you back then! I've only now (7 years later) started getting to your level of ...