Tommy Batboy
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It’s Not the Guns or Terror — It’s the Choice
By Tommy Batboy The world is on fire this morning after the awful shooting at a rural community college in Oregon. It hasn’t been 24 hours yet and already the...
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The Problem with Every Dumb Ranger School Conspiracy Theory: Peer Reviews
By Tommy Batboy Since the news was released that two women had graduated Ranger School and would be awarded their Ranger Tabs, the military community has broken the internet. A...
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Government Fails our Newly Rendered Gold Star Families
By Tommy Batboy Sunday night was not a good night for troops on the ground. A Marine was killed during a combat patrol. A platoon from 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger...
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Fast Food Workers and the Slow Death of Hard Work
By Tommy Batboy “I deserve a living wage.” D. Merritt, a 24-year-old fast food worker. I about spit coffee up on my computer when I read that quote in an...
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Hero of the Week: Weston, Missouri
Edmund Burke once wrote that all that was needed for evil to thrive was for good people to do nothing. It’s an overused and sometimes cliché thing to say, but...
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Hero of the Week Lance Vogeler
SFC Vogeler is an American Hero. Over one third of his life since this nation was attacked was spent putting rounds down range and defending the freedom we all hold...
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Ranger Up Hero of the Week Salvatore Giunta
I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade; this is the heart and soul of the Army’s Soldier’s Creed. Inside of your military’s...
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Friday Night in Houston
The game plan had been to be on our best behavior. It was the night before Tim Kennedy’s title fight. Nick had been abused, much to my amusement (Hey, I’m not...
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One Day Designer
Ranger Up is a hard place to work if you aren't a little insane. We got rid of the new guy in less than 24 hours.
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Hero of the Week: Patti Patton-Bader
Soldier's Angels is the charity of choice for Ranger Up. It all started with one Mom and a mission.
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The Dumbass Chronicles – Leave Nick Alone
by Tommy Batboy There’s an old saying that says everything happens in three’s. If that’s the case, douchebags of the world, please stay the hell away from Nick. You don’t want...
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Dumbass Chronicles – Tommy Batboy
It's been a while since the last episode in the Dumbass Chronicles. For this story, we look internally, as Tommy shares a recent story from Guard training...
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Ranger Up’s Visit to the Best Ranger Competition
“You ready to go?” Tim asked me as we climbed into his little white car. It’s the last car you’d expect an SF guy to drive, let alone an...
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NEW Story: Point du Hoc, by Tommy Batboy
After years of wanting to see it, after all the stories my old squad leader had told me, all the reading, and the privilege of talking to some of the battles...
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Hero of the Week: Captain Chesley Sullenberger
My heart dropped when the “breaking news” chime on my computer went off. The headline read “Airliner Crashes Into Hudson River.” If I was amazed after the seeing the headline
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UFC Fight for the Troops
I cringe as I see Tommy whack Lorenzo Fertitta, the billionaire casino mogul and owner of the UFC on the back with an inappropriate amount of force...
