Good friends,
It has been entirely too long since I have last been lurking around this website, and I have the feeling I will probably fall off the face of the map once more in the coming days, but for the few free moments I have I wanted to give a little update.
I graduated Ranger School today with class 03-12. Wow, was that a ballbuster... You realize you have reached new lows when you check your watch in the patrol base and say "oh hell yeah, I get an hour and a half of sleep tonight, this is awesome!"
As I gear up for my second deployment in the next few months I look back over my short career so far and am amazed by everything I have been afforded the opportunity to do. Regiment has given me so much.
I also believe I am the first RASP graduate on the site to graduate Ranger School as well. The program has been going on for 2 years now. I don't say this to brag, just to drive home the harsh reality that it really is so much easier to get to battalion than stay there.
I look over the leaders I have had so far and try and pull bits and pieces from each as I prepare to mentor privates as a brand new tab spec4. There is a loneliness to leadership at any level. Former peers are now subordinates.
All in all its a great time to be young and alive and in batt. Now I get it why all you old fogey's get all nostalgic. We are so busy now a days that it will probably be a hot minute before I stop by again, so let me leave all with a little parting gift...
TAB CHECK
Roster number 317
Class 03-12
it has been a while gentlemen...
Re: it has been a while gentlemen...
HA!!! Excellent ambush. I already knocked em out Specialist! :)
HHC 2/75 (1998- 2000)
Duty a mountain; Death a feather.
One of these days I'll start off slow...
Duty a mountain; Death a feather.
One of these days I'll start off slow...
Re: it has been a while gentlemen...
Congratulations young Ranger. But you aren't the first DEP we've had that graduted Ranger School. Ask Disinfertention about it.
I never wore a cape, but I still have my dog tags.
Experienced Peek Freak!!
173rd Abn LRRP...'66/'67
C/1/506 101st Abn
B/2/325 82nd Abn
Experienced Peek Freak!!
173rd Abn LRRP...'66/'67
C/1/506 101st Abn
B/2/325 82nd Abn
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Re: it has been a while gentlemen...
Not our first DEP but what he said was RASP. Maybe?
Tough
Tough
Rangertough
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
C CO/HHC 2/75 '93-97, Bragg '97-'99, HHC/C CO/A CO 2/75 99'-'01 RS 8-94.
"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
C CO/HHC 2/75 '93-97, Bragg '97-'99, HHC/C CO/A CO 2/75 99'-'01 RS 8-94.
Re: it has been a while gentlemen...
Cayo, you are the reason ArmyRanger.com exists. Our goal is to prepare young men for service in the 75th Ranger Regiment. Please sit down and post a thread on the changes you have seen in yourself. Not to exceed 250 words. Never, never quit!
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
Re: it has been a while gentlemen...
Stud congratulations, we are damn proud of you! Stay safe on your next rotation and in reference to your Tab Check, I am pretty sure there is a "unwritten rule" somewhere that says "prior to tab checking on ArmyRanger.com, said tabchecker's NEW TAB shall have diminished its GLOW and thread it was sewn with shall have been provided sufficient cooling off period!"
1st Ranger Bn 86-92, C Co, HHC, Bn COLT, RHQ 94-95 Ranger Class 14-87 MFF 05 May 88
"Life is like a drop zone, sometimes you just miss the whole damn thing!"
"Life is like a drop zone, sometimes you just miss the whole damn thing!"
Re: it has been a while gentlemen...
Fuck off cherry.....I got my shit!......lol
Congrats brother!
Congrats brother!
A 1/75 93-97
B&HHC 2/75 97-99
RS 3,4&5-95
This mighty soldier on the eve of the war he waged
Told his troops of lessons learned from battles fought.
"May your heart grow bolder like an iron-clad brigade"
Said this leader to his outnumbered lot.
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B&HHC 2/75 97-99
RS 3,4&5-95
This mighty soldier on the eve of the war he waged
Told his troops of lessons learned from battles fought.
"May your heart grow bolder like an iron-clad brigade"
Said this leader to his outnumbered lot.
www.75thrra.com
www.tacticaltailor.com