by Jeremy Ferranti In dedication to the men and women who serve in the shadows. I have vivid memories of my first Christmas without my family, Continue Reading
Violence of Action
Nothing Prepares You for War
by Noah Smith, The War Horse. We were sailing into the sky, the loud buzz of the plane engine beating against the air. We flew over a vast desert Continue Reading
The Ugly Truth about Torture
Morals are a construct. We are not born with them, we learn them based on societal agreed-upon rules. We evaluate our standards against what is Continue Reading
The Ranger
You can’t put your finger on it, and you can’t quite identify what it is. It is a certain presence that resides permanently around him. He stands Continue Reading
The Death of a Ranger
by former Ranger Johnny B. So, you heard a Ranger died today What a tragic waste, you said That he should die in a foreign land With so much of life Continue Reading
How the 75th Ranger Regiment Taught Me to Dance
I was never in the Ranger Regiment, but I’m fortunate to know a lot of Rangers. I even helped write a book about them, once upon a time. But this is a Continue Reading
Haditha Dam: A “Violence of Action” Excerpt
The following excerpt was taken from Violence of Action: The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror. All of the Rangers Continue Reading
What a Runner Could Learn from a Ranger Mom
by Kenneth Posner A long time ago, I was a U.S. Army Ranger. It was just about the toughest thing I ever did. Honestly, I wasn’t very good; my path Continue Reading
What Does the SOF Community Think about “The Bin Laden Shooter?”
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on November 8, 2014. _____________ Fans of The Havok Journal have been blowing up our email inbox and Continue Reading
Meditations of an Army Ranger: Transition Lessons Learned for Veterans and Athletes
Change is never easy. Sometimes the change is evolutional, occurring at a time-consuming pace. Sometimes the change is revelational, with a Continue Reading
#VanLife: Don’t Judge a (Ranger) Book by its Cover
We have been making our way out to Sequoia National Park, but because I have a ton of work to catch up on, we have been in a small town in California Continue Reading
The Ranger Standard: A “Violence Of Action” Excerpt
This is an excerpt from Violence of Action: The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror by Blackside Concepts founder Marty Continue Reading