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- September 6th, 2006, 4:52 pm
- Forum: Reconnaissance
- Topic: Ranger LRRP Effectiveness
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35075
Brad, If that's the best you can do after such a long period of time, I suggest you do not pursue writing as a career (or anything else that measures time in days) Your right, i suck at writing. Thats all there is to it. But, after putting it off for more than a year and a half, i decided to just p...
- September 2nd, 2006, 1:43 am
- Forum: Reconnaissance
- Topic: Ranger LRRP Effectiveness
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35075
During the 1950's with the Cold War escalating, NATO nations felt that there was a need for military units small enough to conduct passive, deep penetrating intelligence missions to uncover enemy movements were needed. Since there were no global satellites with the high powered cameras to spy on the...
- August 5th, 2005, 5:55 pm
- Forum: Good Humor Popsicle Zone
- Topic: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2979
- March 11th, 2005, 5:07 pm
- Forum: Reconnaissance
- Topic: Ranger LRRP Effectiveness
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35075
- March 11th, 2005, 5:00 pm
- Forum: Reconnaissance
- Topic: Ranger LRRP Effectiveness
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35075
- March 11th, 2005, 4:51 pm
- Forum: Reconnaissance
- Topic: Ranger LRRP Effectiveness
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35075
- March 9th, 2005, 5:38 pm
- Forum: Reconnaissance
- Topic: Ranger LRRP Effectiveness
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35075
- March 9th, 2005, 5:34 pm
- Forum: Reconnaissance
- Topic: Ranger LRRP Effectiveness
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35075
Roger that Ranger Silverback, just edited my post for better reading. Sorry for the clumped up shit i put up there. Anyways, Ranger Silverback, I understand that the Army doesnt use LRRP anymore, but during the time that they were used, I dont think that they were totaly ineffective or useless. I w...
- March 9th, 2005, 5:25 pm
- Forum: Reconnaissance
- Topic: Ranger LRRP Effectiveness
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35075
Roger that Ranger Silverback, just edited my post for better reading. Sorry for the clumped up shit i put up there. Anyways, Ranger Silverback, I understand that the Army doesnt use LRRP anymore, but during the time that they were used, I dont think that they were totaly ineffective or useless. I wa...
- March 8th, 2005, 11:36 pm
- Forum: Reconnaissance
- Topic: Ranger LRRP Effectiveness
- Replies: 39
- Views: 35075
Ranger LRRP Effectiveness
LRRP Rangers, I have been reading this book that I checked out from the School Library called U.S. Rangers From Boot Camp to the Battle Zones by Ian Padden. In this book he states: "One of the missions that is sometimes associated with the Rangers is that of long-range reconnaissance. It's a ni...
- February 13th, 2005, 1:08 am
- Forum: About Ranger School - In Honor of Ranger BattleBoar - RIP
- Topic: Navy Seal training vs. Ranger School
- Replies: 81
- Views: 100759
- February 12th, 2005, 10:49 pm
- Forum: About Ranger School - In Honor of Ranger BattleBoar - RIP
- Topic: Navy Seal training vs. Ranger School
- Replies: 81
- Views: 100759
Thank you Ranger BadMuther for pointing that out. Here is a link to a day-by-day timeline of Operation Anaconda. http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020318/popup/index.html Nike Cat, you are correct about that Navy Seal falling off the skid plate of the chopper. Here is an article I found. http://ar...
- February 12th, 2005, 5:59 pm
- Forum: About Ranger School - In Honor of Ranger BattleBoar - RIP
- Topic: Navy Seal training vs. Ranger School
- Replies: 81
- Views: 100759
Sorry Ranger Kilted Heathen, I hope this will satisfy you and Ranger BadMuther. Finding and writing all this info took me about 2-3 hours. Please fill me in on things that I have missed or stated wrong. Army Rangers Operation Just Cause (Panama)- The 75th Ranger Regiment was tasked with two simultan...
- February 12th, 2005, 2:01 pm
- Forum: About Ranger School - In Honor of Ranger BattleBoar - RIP
- Topic: Navy Seal training vs. Ranger School
- Replies: 81
- Views: 100759
Ranger BadMuther, thank you for that assignment, here is what i have learned: Army Rangers After Operation Urgent Fury, the U.S. Army Rangers took part in Operation Just Cause Panama, Desert Storm, Somalia, and now Afghanistan and Iraq. Navy Seals After Operation Urgent Fury, the Navy Seals particip...
- February 12th, 2005, 1:42 am
- Forum: About Ranger School - In Honor of Ranger BattleBoar - RIP
- Topic: Navy Seal training vs. Ranger School
- Replies: 81
- Views: 100759
Navy Seal training vs. Ranger School
2 days ago I talked to the local Recruiter about obtaining the Opt. 40 in the upcoming future. He started to lecture me about the rigors and stresses that one is put through in Ranger School. Now what he told me next I wasnt sure was true. He had said, "Ranger School is just as hard as the Navy...