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MarineSniper8541
01-09-2004, 05:08 PM
Pretty good read.

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/main5/6CE33479C748EEFB85256E150064C399?opendocument
NcDeuce
01-09-2004, 05:12 PM
Did he go through Ranger School and get in the 75th?
Argyll
01-09-2004, 05:13 PM
Where does it say he was in Special Operations?
It says he was in the 82nd Div?
Sierra
01-09-2004, 05:17 PM
thats interesting.
thanks for that linkn
MarineSniper8541
01-09-2004, 05:17 PM
He was with B Co. 1st Ranger Bn. when he made his inter-service transfer.
Argyll
01-09-2004, 05:19 PM
Ah ok!!
Good story btw!
TriggerPuller
01-09-2004, 05:24 PM
According to the story he was both 82nd Airborne and with a Ranger Bn.
Rangers are considered an SOF unit and fall under SOCOM among other acronyms. The story did seem to have some holes in it though.

TP
Uncle Sam
01-09-2004, 06:09 PM
Pretty good story. The only thing different between him and I, as far as schools, is that I never went to the Marines.
Uncle Sam
01-09-2004, 06:10 PM
According to the story he was both 82nd Airborne and with a Ranger Bn.

You can only be with one or the other...
MarineSniper8541
01-09-2004, 06:46 PM
According to the story he was both 82nd Airborne and with a Ranger Bn.

You can only be with one or the other...

He started out with the 82nd. He ended up with the Rangers before his inter-service transfer. The article doesnt tell his whole story. Just the essence about what he did. He has been a DI for a while. My attention was brought to this article about him by a friend of mine whos brother was a recruit in his platoon last year. That's how I know he was with a Ranger Bn.

Anyways...I think its a good read.
Uncle Sam
01-09-2004, 06:55 PM
No, don't get me wrong...I wasn't dissin you or anything. Just the way you wrote it. You can't do both at the same time..is all. Absolutely a good read.
TriggerPuller
01-09-2004, 07:17 PM
No, don't get me wrong...I wasn't dissin you or anything. Just the way you wrote it. You can't do both at the same time..is all. Absolutely a good read. I realize that he couldnt be in both units at the same time. Im not as dumb as I look you know!! :D

TP

BTW were you a DS in the Army?
Dmitri
01-09-2004, 07:29 PM
Hey, little off topic, aren't LRSU's considered to be SOF also? They are all airborne qualified, all E-5 and above are Ranger qualified, team leaders and above are HALO qualified, plus they do long range recon and surveillance. Sounds like high-speed low-drag stuff, just wondering if they are SOF.
Uncle Sam
01-09-2004, 07:38 PM
No, I wasn't a DI. I went through the same schools he did and was re-enlisting to go Division LRRS, as they called it in my day, with the 82nd Airborne, as a sniper. But when the time came to get my orders, they decided they were full. So I decided to go ahead and ETS. I really wanted to get in there, or there was no reason for me to stay in, in the Infantry.
TriggerPuller
01-09-2004, 07:43 PM
No, I wasn't a DI. I went through the same schools he did and was re-enlisting to go Division LRRS, as they called it in my day, with the 82nd Airborne, as a sniper. But when the time came to get my orders, they decided they were full. So I decided to go ahead and ETS. I really wanted to get in there, or there was no reason for me to stay in, in the Infantry.Thanks.

TP
Tane Angle
01-09-2004, 07:43 PM
LRSU's are not under USSOCOM/ARSOC, but do perform a lot of "SOF" roles, though often at a different level from other units. Have a good one, and just some thoughts...
Uncle Sam
01-09-2004, 07:49 PM
According to the story he was both 82nd Airborne and with a Ranger Bn.

Misinterpreted it...Sorry. :bash:<--me :lol:
Dmitri
01-09-2004, 07:53 PM
often at a different level from other units.What do you mean by different level?
Thanks
Uncle Sam
01-09-2004, 08:04 PM
I think he meant different levels of other Regular Army Infantry Troops....Correct me if I'm wrong...