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joey86
RLTW! from FL
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A Co 2/75 2nd plt(blacksheep),93-97, RS 11-94
If your walking by a river of molten lava, and you drop your keys in it. forget it man cause they're gone !!!! ---Deep thoughts by Jack Handy- SNL
What is best in life ? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. -Conan
If your walking by a river of molten lava, and you drop your keys in it. forget it man cause they're gone !!!! ---Deep thoughts by Jack Handy- SNL
What is best in life ? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. -Conan
I figured what the hell, I didn't welcome him last year so I might as well now in spite of the fact that he came and seemingly has never returned in a years time.Vee wrote:Bugsy wrote:welcome
Some people's kids
1984 - 1985 5th Inf Div
1985 - 1986 75th Inf Ranger Regt
1986 - 1988 3/12 SFG (ABN)
The strength of the pack is the Wolf... and the strength of the Wolf is the pack...
1985 - 1986 75th Inf Ranger Regt
1986 - 1988 3/12 SFG (ABN)
The strength of the pack is the Wolf... and the strength of the Wolf is the pack...
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RangerWill175
- Ranger
- Posts: 349
- Joined: June 2nd, 2005, 2:06 pm
You been here longer than me but welcome back. You ever around Tallahassee and want to drink a beer with a FOG just holler.pjd wrote:Clearwater?!? My current AO is just over the bridge in Tampa. Might have to start our own Battalion down here...
And welcome to the site!
There are a lot of nice people in the world...I'm just here to help even it up.
Co C 1/75 1/77-9/78
SWCDQC - Combat Diver
Rgr Class 1&2-78
Det 1 Co A 1/20 SFGA 81-83
Co H 122 IN (LRSU) 89-90
Co B 2/19 SFGA 90-93
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Co C 1/75 1/77-9/78
SWCDQC - Combat Diver
Rgr Class 1&2-78
Det 1 Co A 1/20 SFGA 81-83
Co H 122 IN (LRSU) 89-90
Co B 2/19 SFGA 90-93
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I was holding his feet when he fell! Scary day!!!Ron375 wrote:Howdy...Merritt has never been the same since he took a header off a second story balcony in '92....He got even crazier :o
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1st Platoon, B C0. 3/75 89-92
4th RTB 93-94
25th ID Scout/Sniper 95-99
Ranger Class 9-91
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SSG Daniel Busch - Never Forgotten!
1st Platoon, B C0. 3/75 89-92
4th RTB 93-94
25th ID Scout/Sniper 95-99
Ranger Class 9-91
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SSG Daniel Busch - Never Forgotten!
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Charlie 51
- Ranger
- Posts: 1045
- Joined: January 5th, 2007, 4:26 pm
You know what is even scarier?? responding to a post that is 2 1/2 years old, cherryBaker wrote:I was holding his feet when he fell! Scary day!!!Ron375 wrote:Howdy...Merritt has never been the same since he took a header off a second story balcony in '92....He got even crazier :o
:? 
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
DOH!Charlie 51 wrote:You know what is even scarier?? responding to a post that is 2 1/2 years old, cherryBaker wrote:I was holding his feet when he fell! Scary day!!!Ron375 wrote:Howdy...Merritt has never been the same since he took a header off a second story balcony in '92....He got even crazier :o
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
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JohnDowland
- Ranger
- Posts: 337
- Joined: August 8th, 2006, 12:35 pm
Well, now that it's back up, I might as well throw in a few memories of Merritt to help divert attention from Baker's stepping on his own crank.rgrpuck wrote:it was the 4th floor of the Apt building he was living in. Took a header off of the balcony. Landed on the side of his face on the sidewalk.Saltbitch wrote:DAMN! I always wondered about that story! Of course, when I heard it, it was 'off the Bco barracks' so I didn't give it much credence.ron375 wrote:Howdy...Merritt has never been the same since he took a header off a second story balcony in '92....He got even crazier :o
The scarey thing is he placed 5th in the Best Ranger Comp that year less than 30 days later. Hardest Dude I ever Knew.
I had a good friend in Bco who, at the time, was an RTO in Merritt's plt. They were sitting around having a discussion about actions taken in Somalia, which had occurred just several months earlier, and Merritt told him, "If they ever take my legs, I want you to throw me in your ruck, and I'll pull security from the rear." My friend Jim said to me, "I got the feeling that he really wasn't shitting me..."
On at least one occasion that I know of he filled his ruck with cinder blocks, humped 25mi out to an off post pond to go fly fishing for the weekend, and then humped it all back. That was taking a break from training.
Merritt defined "hard" for a lot of us young Rangers. (it also goes to show that you can be hard, and half deaf at the same time...)
3/75 '93-'95
Operation Uphold Democracy '94
OIF '10
OEF '10/'11
USASOC Chaplain
"Let not him who girds on his armor boast as he who takes it off!" - Ahab, king of Israel
Operation Uphold Democracy '94
OIF '10
OEF '10/'11
USASOC Chaplain
"Let not him who girds on his armor boast as he who takes it off!" - Ahab, king of Israel
When I lived off exit 3, I'd hear a knock on my door on a Saturday morning. It would be Merritt. He had humped a 80lb ruck from post (he lived in front of the mail room at the time) all the way to my apartment at Willow Creek. This wasn't once, it was many times. He was also the best friend a guy could ever have. Flat tire 2 AM in Phenix City; he's on the way....
I love that crazy, sick SOB....
I love that crazy, sick SOB....
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1st Platoon, B C0. 3/75 89-92
4th RTB 93-94
25th ID Scout/Sniper 95-99
Ranger Class 9-91
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SSG Daniel Busch - Never Forgotten!
1st Platoon, B C0. 3/75 89-92
4th RTB 93-94
25th ID Scout/Sniper 95-99
Ranger Class 9-91
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SSG Daniel Busch - Never Forgotten!
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RangerBob275
- Ranger
- Posts: 750
- Joined: December 6th, 2005, 11:17 am
When I'm back in the USA, I live in Tampa.pjd wrote:Clearwater?!? My current AO is just over the bridge in Tampa. Might have to start our own Battalion down here...
And welcome to the site!
Bob
A/2/75, 1976-80, Class 7-77
Black Sheep
US Army Retired 1976-1998
Living and Working in the Sandbox since 2002
Black Sheep
US Army Retired 1976-1998
Living and Working in the Sandbox since 2002