October 3rd

[Marauder06]

A good explanation of the significance of the date of October 3rd in Ranger history, and one former Ranger's account of what it meant to him personally in Iraq.

http://www.havokjournal.com/military/october-3rd

Excerpt:

October 3rd.

I immediately looked at the bracelet on my other wrist, by this point, no longer black but silver with the inscription of SGT Joyce’s name and the date that he died, faded and barely legible. In an instant, the gravity of the moment and the day’s events hit me like a ton of bricks. I had been in a bit of haze from the time we got hit up until now, almost on auto pilot from the moment we got back into the wire after the first time out. My boots and kit were still fresh with the dried blood of my Ranger buddies who had eaten most of the shrapnel, shrapnel that I would have eaten, had their bodies not been in the way. Had their flesh not eaten it for me.

I wondered if this is how the Rangers in Somalia felt on the morning of Oct 4th...

 

[Centermass]

October 3rd has many a significant meaning in history over the years, to the modern day 75th Ranger Regiment. These are a few more.


October 3rd, 1943 - The 5307th (Merrills Marauders) was organized

October 3rd, 1974 - The 2nd Battalion, 75th Infantry was organized

October 3rd, 1984 - The 75th Ranger Regiment was organized

October 3rd, 1984 - The 3rd Ranger Battalion was organized

October 3rd, 1993 - 3/75 and TFR / The Battle for Mogadishu / OPN Gothic Serpent

October 3rd, 2014 - The new OCP uniform becomes official wear for the 75th Ranger Regiment

October 3rd, 2014 - The 75th Ranger Regiment celebrates its 30th anniversary

October 3rd, 2014 - The 2nd Ranger Battalion celebrates its 40th anniversary

October 3rd, 2014 - The 3rd Ranger Battalion celebrates its 30th anniversary

Remembering the fallen, the wounded and those with the scars they wear today, those still serving, all the families and the sacrifices made by all, who answered the call, and would do it all over again.

RLTW!