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RangerMIke
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Went on active duty in 1988 - left full time active service in 1999, then was called back three times. 2002, 2005, and 2015.
The biggest difference is technology. It impacts everything. When I first went in we were still using typewriters with no computers. Radios were not as good as the ones we use now. GPS has changed everything from targeting to navigation.
Otherwise no much really, still pretty much the same from 1988 to 2015.
The biggest difference is technology. It impacts everything. When I first went in we were still using typewriters with no computers. Radios were not as good as the ones we use now. GPS has changed everything from targeting to navigation.
Otherwise no much really, still pretty much the same from 1988 to 2015.
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I'd imagine drones have changed the picture quite a bit. The USA has used them a lot fighting terrorists, but in the latest conventional war between Armenia and Azerbaijan they definitely gave Azerbaijan a huge advantage.
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RangerMIke
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I was an Infantry Officer, 11B. Served in three units, one Light Infantry, Ranger Regiment, and Armored Brigade in an mechanized infantry battalion. Later after I was wounded, re-branched Acquisition Corps, which is kind of a hybrid functional area, you keep your old branch designation, but all your assignments after the change is logistics and procurement.
RangerMIke
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Paronto was in one of the Bats after I left (right after Mogadishu when I got promoted to O-3), I know a few people who knew him when he was a team leader there (E-5), but never met him in person. He was just an ordinary Sargent, not outstanding and not horrible, at least that is what people have told me.had the pleasure of interviewing kris tanto mr bengazi i think he was a rangerYou do whatsapp or social media.
He's made a nice living as a right-wing pundit. I read his book "The Ranger Way..." It was really easy to read, gets to the point... but honestly it's just a rehash of the Ranger Creed, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_Creed There are a lot of life lessons you can learn from this.
It would have been better if it wasn't so political, but that was his target audience so I get why he wrote that book the way he did. The simple truth is that soldiers in the field really don't give a fvck about politics. Yeah we get ticked when we get sent into stupid situations by political leadership, but that happens no matter if it's a Republican or Democrat as a Commander and Chief. I've been in just as many stupid situations with Clinton as Bush I or II.
In combat you really don't care about politics, all you care about is the guy on your right or left and staying alive. Heck as a an officer, every time I found myself on the 'two way range' I was more afraid of making a bad decision that got people killed for no purpose or freezing up than ANYTHING else.