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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Bill Breen Message: Owens, Was Major Howard a guy that looked like he set a claymore up backwards? If so, He was a Captain when I was there. The Only RI I ever knew that actually showed he had heart. to us students anyway. The rest of you RI's dont take that wrong, it was pretty rough going in 2-77 damn cold. Admin wouldnt allow a fire, I recall Captain Howard making a few remarks about that. Ha The Good Old Days. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: Great comeback info to Cookie and Tom. If you recollect their names, lets recognize them. Yes, 25 years is a long time, but to those who were there, the memories are as clear as yesterday. You're right Tom, this was a "pre" SOCOM era, and for those who don't know the history, 1st and 2nd Ranger Battalions, 75th Inf Regiment were "non-aligned" meaning that they were both independant and both work directly for the National Command Authority who "attached" them to the CINC as needed. Operation Urgent Fury is the Mission that caused such and uproar with the Senate Armed Services Committe led by Senator Sam Nunn, that he "forced" all of the Services to give up their Special Operators and put them under one unified Command....being USSOCOM, and the development of 3rd Ranger Battalion as well as the 75th Ranger Regiment and a Regimental HQ. For you "history buffs", now you have the rest of the story....Thanks Tom for coming up on the net and clarifying all of that. I was wondering if there was anyone out there who would bring these points up. Leave it to someone who actually lived that history to come up on the "net". Who else served at Camp who also served with one of the Ranger Battalions in Grenada? To all...those I know and those I don't know...thanks. The Grenadians have a large monument to Rangers at Point Salinas. To Mike Ramsey and Lonnie Miller (D)...and to all the others...thanks. Good luck with your Deer Hunt Tom. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: man, I have got to start taking my socks off, if I'm going to type with my toes. |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Joe Mattison Message: Or a mailing address...how about Marks? |
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Posted: 12/31/1969 Name: Sasquatch Smitty Message: I remember where I was. I was feeding my dog. I miss that dog. My mom said the moon was made of cheese. |
