After RIP (Now RASP) Thoughts of a Private in Regiment
Well done CDW, Take the advice of continuing a journal. You definately have the gift of writing, very articulate and concise. Your post brings back memories and should bring stark enlightment to the DEPs. You are understanding what we've all been saying all along and try to convey. It's about the sense of accomplishment and commitment required to belong to a brotherhood called the Ranger Regiment, these expierences will be the most profound in your life and you are correct that "you haven't done shit yet", but it just gets better. keep writing and save them.
"You're never beaten until you admit it."
RS 1-86
RS 1-86
CWD,
It has been a real privilege watching your transformation. You make this ancient Ranger proud. Please keep the SITREPS coming.
It has been a real privilege watching your transformation. You make this ancient Ranger proud. Please keep the SITREPS coming.
Ranger Class 13-71
Advisor, VN 66-68 69-70
42d Vn Ranger Battalion 1969-1970
Trainer, El Salvador 86-87
Advisor, Saudi Arabian National Guard 91, 93-94
75th RRA Life Member #867
Advisor, VN 66-68 69-70
42d Vn Ranger Battalion 1969-1970
Trainer, El Salvador 86-87
Advisor, Saudi Arabian National Guard 91, 93-94
75th RRA Life Member #867
- fourthandonly
- Ranger
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Re: .
RGR_Dan wrote:CWD,
Now you truly understand why we all come here.
RLTW
Dan
....and there it is. Plain and simple.
Great post Ranger, as the Sarnt Major said, you captured it. Doesn't matter if it was last week or 14 years ago, same same.
Keep up the good fight Brother, stay safe.
2/75 HHC C/E 89-92
Rio Hato/AO Diaz CCT/Commo
"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
Rio Hato/AO Diaz CCT/Commo
"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
- Charlie 51
- Ranger
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- Joined: January 5th, 2007, 4:26 pm
CDW, you are a very insightfull young man. You were able to put into words what many of us have experienced. I applaud your guts and determination. you have captured something hard to describe.
I remember walking the halls of C Co 2/75 as a young private knowing that great men have walked those halls. Men have celebrated Their promotions, smoked sense into future Ranger First Seargents, Special Forces Team Seargents and Unit Operators. They have admired the guts and ingenuity of Ranger privates. They have mourned the loss of close friends, raged at the injustice of political inaction and most of all "become" Rangers in those halls. Those and every other hall of every other Ranger Battalion.
Only those that have shouldered the enormous responsibility of upholding the Ranger tradition will ever truly understand. You, my young Ranger buddy, have exemplified the shouldering of that burden through your words in this post and my hat is off to you.
Rangers Lead The Way
I remember walking the halls of C Co 2/75 as a young private knowing that great men have walked those halls. Men have celebrated Their promotions, smoked sense into future Ranger First Seargents, Special Forces Team Seargents and Unit Operators. They have admired the guts and ingenuity of Ranger privates. They have mourned the loss of close friends, raged at the injustice of political inaction and most of all "become" Rangers in those halls. Those and every other hall of every other Ranger Battalion.
Only those that have shouldered the enormous responsibility of upholding the Ranger tradition will ever truly understand. You, my young Ranger buddy, have exemplified the shouldering of that burden through your words in this post and my hat is off to you.
Rangers Lead The Way
C Co 2/75 Weapons
Classes 4-5/93
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there" - Will Rogers
Classes 4-5/93
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there" - Will Rogers
This thread is so good I just had to read it here again. CDW, Magicman, Charlie51, outstanding posts'.
2/75 HHC C/E 89-92
Rio Hato/AO Diaz CCT/Commo
"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant
Rio Hato/AO Diaz CCT/Commo
"It is a heavy thing, to see a Father so strong in life, unable to rise."
"A great civilization is not conquered from without
until it has destroyed itself from within." -W. Durant