Some Ranger Pix

[TheSiatonist]

Rangers from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, move across Paktiya Province, Afghanistan after capturing a high value insurgent target during a combat operation on April 17, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Codie M. Mendenhall)

Rangers Lead The Way!

 

[TheSiatonist]

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[Tracer112]

R.I.P. in '94 was some of the best times of my life!!

 

[Ravage]

A Ranger from B Company, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, scans for enemy targets during a night combat operation in Logar Province, Afghanistan, April 29, 2013. The Rangers captured two high value targets during the mission. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Coty M. Kuhn)

A coalition force member counts personnel to attain accountability of troops during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member provides security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member fills out a casualty card during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces practice first responder techniques during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member provides security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member provides security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces head back to base during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member heads back to base during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member heads back to base during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces share information during a leadership huddle during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member provides security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces provide security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan

A coalition force member provides security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member provides security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force members proceed to a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force members proceed to a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force members proceed to a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force members proceed to a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces provide security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan

 

[Ravage]

Coalition forces provide security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces share information during a leadership huddle during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces share information during a leadership huddle during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member provides security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition forces member provides security in a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition forces member provides security in a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition forces member provides security in a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition forces member provides security in a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces share information while in a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member shares information while in a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member shares information while in a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member provides security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member provides security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

A coalition force member low crawls to get a better visual of a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces provide security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces provide security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force members proceed to a compound during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force member counts personnel to attain accountability of troops during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force member counts personnel to attain accountability of troops during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force member provides security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

 

[Ravage]

Coalition forces provide security during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces share information during a leadership huddle during a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan

A coalition force member reads off the manifest before a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghanistan.

All photos courtesy of Vor022 of MPnet

 

[TheSiatonist]

Pretty soon manufacturers will have to figure out how to embed all those wires on a guy's BDU so they don't stick out like that and snag on something.

For some reason, that dude with the helmet cover reminds me of Tom Berenger. Cool pics, Rav!

 

[Ravage]

Gunny Becket became a Ranger?

 

[Ravage]

All photos courtesy of vor022 of MPnet

Coalition forces begin to clear a compound during a first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces prepare to clear a room during a first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force member holds an IV bag during a first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force members practice first responder techniques a training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan

Coalition force member fills out a casualty card during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces practice room-clearing techniques during a first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan

Coalition force member checks the status of simulated causalities during a first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force member practices first responder techniques a training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force member fills out a casualty card during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force member looks onward during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces practice first responder techniques during a training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force member coordinates activities during a first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force member coordinates activities during a first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces walk back to a compound during a first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

 

[Ravage]

Coalition forces practice room clearing techniques during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 22, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces practice room clearing techniques during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 22, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan

Coalition forces practice room clearing techniques during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 22, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces practice room clearing techniques during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 22, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces practice room clearing techniques during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 22, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan

Coalition force member practices room clearing techniques during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 22, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan

Coalition force member begins to assess a medical roleplayer during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 22, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition forces demonstrate medical first responder techniques during a training exercise in Kabul province, April 22, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while deployed in Afghanistan.

Coalition force member provides security during a training exercise in Kabul province, April 14, 2013. The training is part of the transition of security to the Afghan National Security Force before coalition forces depart in 2014

Coalition force member advises Afghan soldiers on how to navigate to their objective during a training exercise in Kabul province, April 14, 2013. The training is part of the transition of security to the Afghan National Security Force before coalition forces depart in 2014.

Coalition force member advises and assists Afghan soldiers during a training exercise in Kabul province, April 14, 2013. The training is part of the transition of security to the Afghan National Security Force before coalition forces depart in 2014.

Coalition force member advises and assists Afghan soldiers during a training exercise in Kabul province, April 14, 2013. The training is part of the transition of security to the Afghan National Security Force before coalition forces depart in 2014.

Coalition force member advises and assists Afghan soldiers during a training exercise in Kabul province, April 14, 2013. The training is part of the transition of security to the Afghan National Security Force before coalition forces depart in 2014.

Coalition force member advises and assists Afghan soldiers during a training exercise in Kabul province, April 14, 2013. The training is part of the transition of security to the Afghan National Security Force before coalition forces depart in 2014.

Coalition force members oversee Afghan soldiers during a training exercise in Kabul province, April 14, 2013. The training is part of the transition of security to the Afghan National Security Force before coalition forces depart in 2014

 

[Ravage]

 

[SpongeBob*24]

Cool...nice pics and vid.......

 

[TheSiatonist]

 

[ebiaihi]

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That's a great series. "That's a hard Ranger.. Just sitting in his room drinking Agent Orange."

 

[TheSiatonist]

I spy a silenced Glock. Nice.

 

[Ravage]

Darn it, Ranger pix are more and more non-gey-sexy. MOAR!

 

[Ravage]

69 years ago today...

We stand on a lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of France. The air is soft, but 40 years ago at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of men, and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon. At dawn, on the morning of the 6th of June, 1944, 225 Rangers jumped off the British landing craft and ran to the bottom of these cliffs. Their mission was one of the most difficult and daring of the invasion: to climb these sheer and desolate cliffs and take out the enemy guns. The Allies had been told that some of the mightiest of these guns were here and they would be trained on the beaches to stop the Allied advance.

The Rangers looked up and saw the enemy soldiers -- the edge of the cliffs shooting down at them with machineguns and throwing grenades. And the American Rangers began to climb. They shot rope ladders over the face of these cliffs and began to pull themselves up. When one Ranger fell, another would take his place. When one rope was cut, a Ranger would grab another and begin his climb again. They climbed, shot back, and held their footing. Soon, one by one, the Rangers pulled themselves over the top, and in seizing the firm land at the top of these cliffs, they began to seize back the continent of Europe. Two hundred and twenty-five came here. After 2 days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms.

Behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the Ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. And before me are the men who put them there.
These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war.

 

[Muppet]

Darn it, Ranger pix are more and more non-gey-sexy. MOAR!

Rav! You either need to get laid with some arse or get U.S. citizenship and join the Army so you can be a Ranger or SOAR!

F.M.

 

[TheSiatonist]

The 75th Ranger Regiment Facebook:

Col. Mark Odom, Commander, 75th Ranger Regiment awards Lt. Col. Marcus Evans, Battalion Commander, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment the Legion of Merit June 12. (U.S. Army Photo by Tracy A. Bailey)

Lt. Col. Patrick Ellis, Commander, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment passes the Battalion Colors to Command Sgt. Major Victor Ballesteros at the Battalion's Change of Command Ceremony June 12. (U.S. Army Photo by Tracy A. Bailey)

Rangers from 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment conduct Pass in Review at the end of 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment's Change of Command June 12. (U.S. Army Photo by Tracy A. Bailey)

more pics of the ceremony here...