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11XHooah

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11XHooah

11XHooah

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Yes, it is true. I'm no longer a dirty nasty leg :D I just graduated Airborne school on thursday and now I'm on my way to RIP. So in another month I'll finally be a Ranger. But I lucked out and the Army gave me Christmas exodus, meaning I get two weeks to finally relax :cool: Just thought I'd give you guys a sitrep on my training.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

--John Stewart Mill--

 

"Victory was for those willing to fight and die. Intellectuals could theorize until they sucked their thumbs right off their hands, but in the real world, power still flowed from the barrel of a gun.....you could send in your bleeding-heart do-gooders, you could hold hands and pray and sing hootenanny songs and invoke the great gods CNN and BBC, but the only way to finally open the roads to the big-eyed babies was to show up with more guns."

--Black Hawk Down--

 

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213374U

213374U

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Lucky you.

 

Congrats pal. :blink:

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Petay

Petay

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Congratulations! :blink:

 

Can I ask what RIP is though? :ermm: (In the context of your thread-starting post)

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Krookie

Krookie

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Congratulations!  :blink:

 

Join the Air Force, kotorkyle.  It's cooler.  :ph34r:

 

I've been skydiving, and got to excited while free falling and started to do twists and turns. If the instructor had not waved his arms around telling me to pull my chute release, I'd have hit the ground pretty hard.

11XHooah

11XHooah

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Congratulations! :)

 

Can I ask what RIP is though? :ermm: (In the context of your thread-starting post)

 

RIP is the Ranger Indoctrination Program which is a 3 week assessment that shows if you will have what it takes to move on to a Ranger battalion and start working your way to Ranger School.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

--John Stewart Mill--

 

"Victory was for those willing to fight and die. Intellectuals could theorize until they sucked their thumbs right off their hands, but in the real world, power still flowed from the barrel of a gun.....you could send in your bleeding-heart do-gooders, you could hold hands and pray and sing hootenanny songs and invoke the great gods CNN and BBC, but the only way to finally open the roads to the big-eyed babies was to show up with more guns."

--Black Hawk Down--

 

MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendid=44500195

Cantousent

Cantousent

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Very good! I think Rangers are the best rough and tumble regular unit in the Army. It really took down the quality of special forces when they stopped making Ranger School a prerequisite. You're the bomb, friend!

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Congrats! Don't forget to post a few pictures of your equipment once you get it :))

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Darth Drabek

Darth Drabek

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Wow, that was an unprovoked tantrum if I've ever seen one. Just because you're in a bad mood you don't have to go hijack a thread and fling "zingers" at people.

 

Congrats, Hooah. May you have many uneventful landings!

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Lucius

Lucius

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Yeah yeah when do we get to see a ****ing picture, mr. GI-Joe man! :geek:

DENMARK!

 

It appears that I have not yet found a sig to replace the one about me not being banned... interesting.

Judge Hades

Judge Hades

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Yes, it is true. I'm no longer a dirty nasty leg :D  I just graduated Airborne school on thursday and now I'm on my way to RIP. So in another month I'll finally be a Ranger. But I lucked out and the Army gave me Christmas exodus, meaning I get two weeks to finally relax :cool: Just thought I'd give you guys a sitrep on my training.

 

Congrats. Don't get shot and freindly fire isn't.

Laozi

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11xhooah, Happy Holidays, be safe and keep your exhaust port covered.

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Laozi

Laozi

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;)

 

I thought the military had a don't ask don't tell policy.

 

 

 

Exactly, so you never know if you're safe or not.

People laugh when I say that I think a jellyfish is one of the most beautiful things in the world. What they don't understand is, I mean a jellyfish with long, blond hair.

Delta Truth

Delta Truth

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First of Congratulations

Anyone willing to risk everything for their belief or country in this case should be commended (This has nothing to do with politics)

Some people here can really be ignorant

Hildegard

Hildegard

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Congratulation 11XHooah :thumbsup:

 

Will you undergo RIP at Ft. Benning Georgia or is there another boot camp? And are you now officially part of the 5th Ranger Training batallion or not yet?

 

BTW, don't even bother responding to ppl who say you're stupid or something, you're doing something you love and believe in....and nothing else matters. :rolleyes:

Lucius

Lucius

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Have you added yourself yet (see sticky)

 

By the way, what is Rangers anyway? They're not special forces like the Navy Seals, Delta, SAS, (insert name of nations special forces here) are they?

DENMARK!

 

It appears that I have not yet found a sig to replace the one about me not being banned... interesting.

11XHooah

11XHooah

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Congratulation 11XHooah :thumbsup:

 

Will you undergo RIP at Ft. Benning Georgia or is there another boot camp? And are you now officially part of the 5th Ranger Training batallion or not yet?

 

BTW, don't even bother responding to ppl who say you're stupid or something, you're doing something you love and believe in....and nothing else matters. :rolleyes:

 

RIP will take place at Ft. Benning as well. They won't be picking us up for RIP until after we get back from exodus, but after that I will finally be part of the 5th Ranger Training battalion. And thanks for the support bro, I appreciate it :cool:

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

--John Stewart Mill--

 

"Victory was for those willing to fight and die. Intellectuals could theorize until they sucked their thumbs right off their hands, but in the real world, power still flowed from the barrel of a gun.....you could send in your bleeding-heart do-gooders, you could hold hands and pray and sing hootenanny songs and invoke the great gods CNN and BBC, but the only way to finally open the roads to the big-eyed babies was to show up with more guns."

--Black Hawk Down--

 

MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendid=44500195

Commissar

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Congrats, man. Keep your feet together and your head down.

 

Out of curiosity, did you have any ANGLICO boys going through with you?

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If youre going to argue, do it by presenting arguments and not calling eachother stupid and/or ingorant. Failiure to comply means thread closed.

 

 

Ive also made a new thread where the debate may be held separately.

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CoM_Solaufein

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Good luck kid. Some of my friends were in the first Gulf War so I can only imagine what it's like over there.

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Judge Hades

Judge Hades

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I was there during Desert Shield, after the storm as it were. It was indeed an experience. Word of advice for you, I know they train you to obey orders unquestioning but use your gut. If something feels wrong to you then more than likely it is. When in doubt, don't.

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