On May 29, 1944, the commander in chief of the Allied Expeditionary Air Forces, Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory, expressed his concerns to Continue Reading
75th Ranger Regiment
Rangers in Afghanstan: The Curious Fortitude of a Country Cow
by Gabriel Prince Afghanistan was uncomfortable. Is uncomfortable. It never changed much since the 2001 invasion. Going there was like walking back in Continue Reading
Shortcomings and Lessons Learned of a Ranger
by Kasey Pipitt Very recently I was a victim of my own wake-up call, one caused by no one other than myself. It was a real “look in the mirror” moment Continue Reading
A Ranger in Vietnam Remembers
Some of the Team Leaders were more "aggressive" than others. For some reason, Team 4 always had a Team Leader the "aggressive" ones called NUTS. Of Continue Reading
I Sat at Your Gravesite
by J.R. Coleman I went and sat at your gravesite... I couldn't bring myself to go to the wake and viewing, didn't feel right. Was like, that body... a Continue Reading
Soldiers at Christmas: Past and Present
To the Soldiers at Christmas past and present: I did not write this poem, that credit goes to Michael Marks.[1] However, I've used it many times in Continue Reading
Winter Strike: A Ranger Thanksgiving in Afghanistan
by Joshua Gamboa Editors Note: In late 2003, large portions of the 75th Ranger Regiment were deployed for an operation titled “Winter Strike” in the Continue Reading
Operation “Embryo Stage”: Remembering Special Operators Lost in Training
by Wesley Jurena Author's Note: I hung this out on a hidden blog I created years after getting out. It was picked up by Gallant Few a few years back Continue Reading
One Question Every Veteran Wants to Answer
Civilians sincerely want to learn how to better approach veterans today in America, and the solution is far simpler than it appears at face Continue Reading
Written in Taliban
by Matthew "Griff" Griffin and Scott "Longboard" Chapman This first appeared in The Havok Journal on August 16, 2021. It has been updated and Continue Reading
PTSD Isn’t Killing Us…The System Is
by Shane Jernigan In January of 2023, the 75th Ranger Regiment lost a giant among legends, Joe Kapacziewski. Joe was the 1st Ranger to return to Continue Reading
An Army Ranger’s Perspective On Happiness
by Kasey Pipitt, Army Ranger Veteran When I look in the mirror, I see a man who doesn’t know what he’s looking at. A man who has never truly known. A Continue Reading