HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, GA. (USASOC News Service, March 12, 2019) - Fourteen Rangers from the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment received awards for valor and three were presented Purple Heart Medals in a ceremony on Hunter Army Airfield, March 8.
"We are here to recognize extraordinary Rangers who have gone above and beyond what was expected of them," said Army Maj. Gen. Mark Schwartz, deputy commanding general, Joint Special Operations Command, who presented the awards.
Schwartz said the First Ranger Battalion has deployed 22 times in support of the Global War on Terrorism. He quantified the impact the battalion had during their most recent deployment by saying they conducted 198 combat operations that resulted in the killing or capturing of 1,900 terrorists. He attributed JSOC's operational tempo as being responsible for "the ongoing dialogue with the Taliban."
Master Sgt. Phillip Paquette was awarded a Silver Star, the nation's third highest honor for battlefield valor, during the ceremony. As the ground force commander of a joint task force in Afghanistan, his unit engaged the enemy April 25, 2018. According to his award citation, Paquette selflessly and with little regard for his own personal safety, exposed himself to enemy fire several times in order to retrieve a casualty, suppress the enemy by direct fire and delivered several danger close aerial munitions." Paquette's actions enabled the assault force to eliminate the enemy and safely maneuver the unit to the helicopter landing zone for exfiltration.
Paquette, who has 17 years of Army service, all with the 75th Ranger Regiment.
"Though the award is an individual award, it's all about the men serving with me," Paquette said with humility. "We won't leave anyone behind. We do what we do for the person to the left and to the right wearing tan berets and scrolls on our left and right sleeves. Serving as a Ranger is a lifelong relationship."
Paquette is currently attending the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas.
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Re: Single Ranger Battalion Deployment Leads To 1,900 Terrorists Killed Or Captured
Now that's an actual leader than you can rely on, soldiers from all armies wish they'd have this kind of officer in action!
And yes, when the rebels get their @ss kicked so hard, they tend to be ready for talks, even if it's just at the local level... That's how our guys did in Chechnya as well, not to mention that you can always take advantage of their clan politics. You send a relatively small, but highly trained unit, and it does wonders in counter insurgency warfare!
And yes, when the rebels get their @ss kicked so hard, they tend to be ready for talks, even if it's just at the local level... That's how our guys did in Chechnya as well, not to mention that you can always take advantage of their clan politics. You send a relatively small, but highly trained unit, and it does wonders in counter insurgency warfare!