The New Ranger Photo Thread

[redhawk_six]

Since the other one has gone soooo offtopic that there is no hope for it...

The New, Improved, Ranger Photo Thread! :lol:

Let's keep this one ontopic!

My contribution:
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/USSOCOM_Training
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/ussocom_training/a_sft01.jpg
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http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/ussocom_training/28a18.jpg
http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/ussocom_training/24a25.jpg
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[Gringo]

http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/albums/ussocom_training/28a18.jpg

"So where do u want me to stand? Over by the red paint?"

"Er... yes, paint"

[Guttorm]

The second photo from the bottom.
The top guy. Whats that in his hands? The rod shaped object? (No funny jokes now... :roll: )

[Bootneck]

Some type of breaching tool?

[Miles Teg]

The rod shaped object?

A mirror ?

[Guttorm]

I was thinking some kind of breaching tool or mirroring device as well, but I couldn't quite see how it would work.

Anyone?

[GearGod]

I have seen those photos before; Anyone got scans from the book TO BE A US ARMY RANGER? I just got it from the Taxpayer-Funded Public Library but my bloody scanner is malfunctioning; Let me tell you this; There is a GOLDMINE of photos of 75th Rangers in there and I highly recommend it

[Argyll]

Its a breaching charge for using against windows etc ;)

[HumanShield]

The second photo from the bottom.
The top guy. Whats that in his hands? The rod shaped object? (No funny jokes now... :roll: )

Thats known as the "Key To The City"

[NcDeuce]

[img]http://www.ranger.org/images/photoGallery/2001/cqb.jpg

http://www.ranger.org/images/photoGallery/2001/Wpns%20C%202%2075th.jpg
C co 2/75th Weapons platoon Panama 1981. One of the Rangers standing is James Smith who fought in Mogadishu.

http://www.ranger.org/images/photoGallery/2002/AmerLakeDZ98.jpg
Little nippy, eh?

[NcDeuce]

Tillman begins boot camp, not NFL camp

FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — NFL player Pat Tillman made a living pushing his body to the limit, putting himself through grueling training and sweating it out in the summer heat. This year, he's doing it for the Army for a lot less money.

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A soldier from the 75th Ranger Regiment, possibly Pat Tillman, forges the way for U.S. ground troops to follow in southern Iraq.

The 25-year-old starting safety for the Arizona Cardinals told coaches last year that he wanted to join the Rangers — the Army's elite infantry unit — and train with his younger brother, who enlisted with him.

Tillman turned down a three-year, $3.6 million contract with the Cardinals to make $18,000 per year for an uncertain future, since there is no guarantee he will make Ranger.

Basic training began Monday at Fort Benning.

"In Pat Tillman's view of the world, football is a part of it, but there are a lot of other things that are important to him," said Lyle Setencich, Tillman's linebacker coach at Arizona State University.

This is, after all, a player who last year turned down a $9 million, five-year offer from the St. Louis Rams so he could stay with the perennially losing Cardinals for less money.

Tillman has rejected all requests for an interview about his decision.

"He said there were personal reasons he didn't want to divulge to me, and I didn't press him on it," Cardinals coach Dave McGinnis said. "I respect his decision. I think it's honorable."

Others have questioned his sanity, but that is nothing new for Tillman, who used to meditate atop a 200-foot light tower above Arizona State's stadium.

"If you don't know Pat, then you would think he's crazy," said Phil Snow, who coached Tillman as Arizona State's defensive coordinator. "The planes flew so close to him that he could damn near reach out and touch them. He's just fearless."

Bored before the 2000 season, Tillman ran a marathon. After setting a Cardinals record with 224 tackles in 2000, he prepared for last year's training camp by competing in a 70.2-mile triathlon.

"You don't find guys that have that combination of being as bright and as tough as him," Snow said. "This guy could go live in a foxhole for a year by himself with no food."

Tillman's age might have been a factor in his decision — the cutoff for the Rangers is 28. Several of Tillman's friends believe the Sept. 11 attacks had an influence. Setencich attended Tillman's wedding in May and talked with him about the National Football League.

"He mentioned he might get out of it," Setencich said. "I asked him if he wanted to go to law school and he kind of smiled and said, 'There are a lot of things I can do."'

Tillman's goal will be difficult. Only 35% of all candidates get to wear the coveted black and gold Ranger tab. Physical fitness is key, but Army training is different from sports.

"Mental toughness separates those that drive on," said retired Ranger Capt. Todd Bearden. "When you take away somebody's sleep and somebody's food and push them to the limit, it changes the dynamics of everything."

[NcDeuce]

http://www.specialoperations.com/Army/Rangers/ranger.jpg

http://www.specialoperations.com/Aviation/Little_Birds/mh6rangers.jpg


http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/doctrine/fstrpe.JPG

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Grenada

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/TODDBL.JPG
PVT Blackburn, Somalia

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B Company, 3rd Battalion of the 75th in Somalia

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/helibor.JPG
Can't tell if those are Rangers or Delta onboard (Somalia)

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/combat.jpg
Battle of Mogadishu

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/BHflare.jpg
MH-60 flaring

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/MYbird.JPG

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/hangext.jpg

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/BH.JPG

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/SHOOT.JPG
The "Range"

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/rgrbird.JPG

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/fales.jpg

http://www.suasponte.com/history/modern/somalia/un.jpg

[NcDeuce]

Note the black velcro.

http://www.savannahnow.com/slideshows/rangers/images/05.jpg
Sgt. Timothy Guilmette of the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment is greeted by his wife Phyllis at Hunter Army Airfield on Monday.

http://www.savannahnow.com/slideshows/rangers/images/02.jpg
Story Dae Pugh, 13 mo., can't keep her eyes open any longer waiting for her dad, Ranger John Pugh, to arrive. The plane carrying the 1st Ranger Battalion didn't arrive at Hunter Army Airfield until 1:00 a.m. on Monday.

http://www.savannahnow.com/slideshows/rangers/images/01.jpg
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment disembark a commercial airliner at Hunter Army Airfield early Monday morning.

[NcDeuce]

[img]http://www.ranger.org/usara/s3/musters/2001/photos/75th%20RR%20Changes%20Command.jpg
Change of command

http://www.xservicemen.com/BushWithCH-47250x375.jpg

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[NcDeuce]

Preserved from the old thread. May we keep this thread on the subject!

[MSG Dman]

It snow's in Grenada? I thought it was a tropical Island.

[front]

What is the role of the gentlemen (ex-rangers?)in civilian dress during the exchange ceremony in the photo above?

cheers

front

[NcDeuce]

http://www.ranger.org/images/photoGallery/2003/iraq-letterFromHome.jpg

[NcDeuce]

Very little know about this incident which claimed the lives of our finest, Air Force Special Ops and memberes of the 75th Ranger Regiment...

29 October 1992: An MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, carrying U.S. Army Rangers and Air Force Special-Operations troops on a joint training flight from Hill Air Force Base, crashed in 10 feet of water north of Antelope Island, near Salt Lake City, Utah. Twelve of the thirteen on board were killed.

This page is in remembrance of the soldiers of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command who died in the service of this great nation on 10-29-92 at approximately 9:15 p.m. MST. May we remind each other that these men who died doing what they loved best will not fade away. "We will remember them, we will honor them and we will pray for them forever."

Colonel John T. Keneally
Lieutenant Colonel Roland E. Peixotto, Junior
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth W. Stauss
Captain Michael L. Nazionale
First Sergeant Harvey L. Moore, Junior
Technical Sergeant Mark Scholl
Staff Sergeant Steven W. Kelley
Sergeant Philip A. Kesler
Sergeant Mark G. Lee
Sergeant Blaine A. Mishak
Specialist Jeremy B. Bird
Senior Airman Derek C. Hughes

http://www.ranger.org/images/antelopeIsland/The_Island.jpg
The bird crashed into the causeway in the bottom of this image

http://www.ranger.org/images/antelopeIsland/faces.jpg
The fallen warriors

http://www.ranger.org/images/antelopeIsland/flyby.jpg
Fly-by for the ceremony of the fallen...

[millhouse]

Anyone have a scan of the various Army ranger patches? It has a map of the US with the patches superimposed over it. I saw it in a recruiters office and tried to steal it to no avail. They said I'd have to enlist first.

[NcDeuce]

various Army ranger patches

? What do you mean?

You get the tab for making it through Ranger School
http://www.flyingtigerssurplus.com/images/products/bgP097.jpg

You get the scroll AND the tab if you are an actual Ranger in the 75th Ranger Regiment.
http://www.flyingtigerssurplus.com/images/products/bgP251.jpg which will indicate which battalion (1st, 2nd, or 3rd)

[NcDeuce]

http://www.rangerjarhead.com/dalemorefieldshots%20041.jpg

Former Marine & Former Ranger

[Guttorm]

Anyone have a scan of the various Army ranger patches? It has a map of the US with the patches superimposed over it. I saw it in a recruiters office and tried to steal it to no avail. They said I'd have to enlist first.

"SURE SON!! Just sign here, on the dotted line, and that poster will be aaaaall yours....! "

:D

[NcDeuce]

http://rangerring.com/action/austrailian.jpg
Oh yeah!

http://www.usma.edu/dmi/MT/Branches/IN/rgrschlboats.gif

[NcDeuce]

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[basket of soft kittens]

geez what are they teaching these kids today...look at this baby she cant spell for crap websome home daddy?if i saw that i'd get right back on the plane and go back where i just came from
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[[AFSOC]]

great pics

[MVSpartan117]

I'll scan some pics tommorow, anyone wanna host em?

[TFG]

From the last 75th Ranger thread we had:

http://img34.photobucket.com/albums/v102/Samael77/RANGERS_MH-60_2.jpg

http://img34.photobucket.com/albums/v102/Samael77/000430-A-xxxxX-024.jpg

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http://img34.photobucket.com/albums/v102/Samael77/75th_-_RANGERS_MH-6.jpg


I have some pics in my collection I've never seen here before, I wish I could post em.

really enjoying this thread, thanks everybody

[NcDeuce]

WASHINGTON -- Former Arizona Cardinals safety Pat Tillman was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for leading his Army Rangers unit to the rescue of comrades caught in an ambush.

Tillman was shot and killed in Afghanistan while fighting "without regard for his personal safety," the Army said Friday in announcing the award.

The Silver Star, awarded for gallantry on the battlefield, is one of the most distinguished military honors. On Thursday the Army promoted Tillman from specialist to corporal. He was assigned to A Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, based in Fort Lewis, Wash.

In announcing the Silver Star award, the Army Special Operations Command provided the most specific description of what happened to Tillman on April 22.

His platoon was split into two sections for what officials called a ground assault convoy. Tillman was leader of the lead group. The trailing group received mortar and small arms fire, and because of the cavernous terrain the group had no room to maneuver out of the "kill zone."

Tillman's group was already safely out of the area, but when the trailing group came under fire he ordered his men to get out of their vehicles and move up a hill toward the enemy.

As Tillman crested the hill he returned fire with his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, a lightweight machine gun.

"Through the firing Tillman's voice was heard issuing fire commands to take the fight to the enemy on the dominating high ground," the award announcement said. "Only after his team engaged the well-armed enemy did it appear their fires diminished.

"As a result of his leadership and his team's efforts, the platoon trail section was able to maneuver through the ambush to positions of safety without a single casualty," the announcement said.

The announcement gave no other details of how Tillman was killed.

At least one other soldier in Tillman's unit apparently was wounded. Gen. John Abizaid, the commander of all forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, told reporters that he spoke Thursday in Afghanistan with the lieutenant who was Tillman's platoon leader.

"He was still nursing a large number of wounds that he sustained in that firefight where Pat Tillman lost his life," Abizaid said Friday.

Abizaid said he asked the lieutenant about Tillman.

"He said, 'Pat Tillman was a great Ranger and a great soldier. And what more can I say about him?'"

Tillman, 27, walked away from a three-year, $3.6 million contract offer from the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army in 2002.

A public memorial service was scheduled for Monday in California. The afternoon service will be held in Tillman's hometown of San Jose, Calif., at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden.

I feel this belongs here with the photos of PT's brothers. R.I.P. #40

[Grim]

This are really good pic's seems all us forces has proffesinoal photograhpers where ever they go..

[SiFiOn]

From the last 75th Ranger thread we had:

I have some pics in my collection I've never seen here before, I wish I could post em.

Take a look at this thread, maybe this will help to post your pictures:

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12423

Since I helped you a lot by giving you this link, I'd like to be the first to know when you've posted your collection ;)