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(05-09-03 09:26:01 PM)
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A guy in another forum brought this to my
attention:
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ARMY RANGERS
WHO ARE THEY: The premier light infantry
units of the U.S. military that constitute the 75th Ranger
Regiment.
NICKNAME:
"Snake-eaters."
MOTTO: "Rangers lead the
way."
UNIFORM: Tan berets — replacing the black
berets that are now worn Army-wide.
ORIGIN: Regiment
activated in 1969, but they can trace roots to "Rogers
Rangers," the rugged frontier units led by Robert Rogers in
1756 that fought in the French and Indian War. Modern
rangers have close ties to the legendary World War II
infantrymen who scaled the cliffs of Normandy on
D-Day.
SPECIALTIES: Dropping in uninvited. Parachute
drops into the heart of the action, specialized raids and
ambushes, seizing airfields. They're trained for arctic,
jungle, desert, and mountain operations, and are on alert to
be anywhere within 18 hours' notice.
GEAR:
Parachutes, M-16 rifles, M-4 assault rifles,
grenade-launchers, M-60 machine guns, night vision sights
and goggles, motorcycles, modified Land
Rovers.
EXTREME TRAINING: Trainees are blindfolded
and forced to walk off the end of a 10-foot diving platform
into a pool, where they have to remove the blindfolds
underwater and swim to safety without losing any
equipment.
WORKING GROUPS: They can participate in
Normandy-like parachute drops en masse, or work on
clandestine reconnaissance missions of just a handful of
men.
EXPERIENCE: Vietnam 1969-72; part of Iranian
hostage rescue mission in 1980; conflicts in Grenada, 1983;
Panama,1989; Persian Gulf in 1990 and 1991; and ill-fated
1983 mission to capture a warlord in Somalia that left 18
dead and 84 wounded in an ambush.
HOME BASES: Fort
Benning, Ga.; Fort Lewis, Wash.; Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.
Maybe Snake Eater has something to do
with that nickname, or maybe I'm just looking too much into
it. :p
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