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griff78
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Post by griff78 »

Howdy all,
Stumbled onto this site, thought I would make a partisan link-up with a few guys from the past. Please bare with me while I learn this whole computer deal--you know us RTO's...srtong back, weak mind! Been out for 23 years, and not a day goes by that I don't miss it. Not a day goes by without that I'm not using the Ranger Creed as a moral compass. Got into my current line of work as a paramedic because many years ago I came across a bad car accident, and used all the skills that I had been taught by our medics!
Reading a lot of these postings has really shaken some dust off of a lot of memories. Hope to hear many more!

Griff78
C Co 1st Ranger BN
2/78--8/81
C Co 1st Ranger Bn
2/78--8/81
RS 2/79
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McD
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Joined: February 16th, 2004, 3:52 pm

Post by McD »

Welcome Griff!
C 2/75, 1st Plt, Wpns Sqd 76-79
RS 3-78
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A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve --
is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'
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Steadfast
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Joined: December 19th, 2003, 10:09 am

Post by Steadfast »

Welcome Grif. Glad you found us. Come on in and meet the guys. :lol:
RLTW
Steadfast

4/325 82d DIV 68-69
2nd Bde HHC (LRRP), 4 ID
K Co (Rgr), 75th Inf (Abn), 4 ID
69-70
I cooked with C- 4
Rock Island Ranger
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Post by Rock Island Ranger »

Welcome Griff...glad you are here. Spect you will know some of our people, one was in C co around the time you were and served with The Purd. Fact is, so did I but I was in Alpha.
Take a load off, grab a beer and Ranger Bell, we have guests....care to send this boy a packet?
RS Class # 7-76

I'm not the way I am because I was a Ranger - I was a Ranger because of the way I am.

¿Querría usted el primer redondo en la rodilla o la cara?

The road goes on forever and the party never ends.
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Slowpoke
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Post by Slowpoke »

Welcome Griff glad to have you aboard. Don't feel like you're alone in being new to this comfuser shit!
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
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Parabellum
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Joined: February 25th, 2004, 5:32 pm

Post by Parabellum »

Welcome brother
"We spoke to them in the only language they understood - the machine gun."

HHC 1/75 Oct 98-Mar 99
B co 1/75 Mar 99-Apr 04
ROC RSTB RIP/PRC Cadre Apr 04-May 06
A co 1/75 May 06-Jul 08
HHC 1/75 Jul 08-Mar 09

RS 3-99
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Silverback
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Joined: March 7th, 2004, 11:06 pm

Post by Silverback »

Welcome
RC 2-87
3-75 84/85, 95/97
"thnks 4 pratn merku!"
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VAK
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Post by VAK »

So good to have you here...

Welcome.

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"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
(Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe)

Mentor to those who would seek to be CAS God's
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smokn38
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Joined: July 17th, 2004, 10:22 pm

Post by smokn38 »

Welcome Ranger.
HHC 1/508th Panama 1989-1990
HHC and A Co 1/505th 1990-1992
AngryPistols
US Army Veteran
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Joined: March 3rd, 2004, 11:03 am

Post by AngryPistols »

Welcome Ranger. Thanks for your service.

Angry
Angry

USA 95B 84-87, TXARNG 91B 88-89, CIV 89-present

"Yet each man kills the thing he loves, some do it with a bitter look, some with a flattering word, the coward does it with a kiss, and the brave man with the sword. " -Oscar Wilde
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Post by Rgr_MindRiot »

Welcome Griff78, did not know many "C" Co. guys as you and "B" Co. were in the other Bldg. across the courtyard (Ft. Stewart). Glad you found this site.
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Ripcord
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Joined: June 15th, 2004, 5:11 am

Post by Ripcord »

Welcome Ranger
A/2-501 Anb Inf 101st Abn
RVN 1970/1971 Northern I Corps
If You Have Not Made Out A Will Do So now ,SSG H Breifing new Troopers In Viet-Nam
Wakan Tanka Nici Un
Ripcord , Drive on
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Earthpig
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Post by Earthpig »

Welcome aboard and thank you for serving.
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EP
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