On Rape
by Nick Palmisciano We need to step up. All of us....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Soldier's Angels is the charity of choice for Ranger Up. It all started with one Mom and a mission.
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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
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...
During the 1972 North Vietnamese Easter Offensive, it didn’t seem that far fetched an order for Captain John Ripley. He was in charge of a 600-man unit, composed mostly of South...
If you will please refer to the official Ranger Up Charter the only thing we despise more than the French are unpatriotic Americans. Simply put: the French (particularly the Parisians) suck...
He enlisted into the Army on the very first day he could, his 17th birthday. That was how badly Ross McGinnis wanted to be a soldier.
The rules of war, as set up by the Geneva Convention, state clearly that medical personnel are protected. They are not supposed to be shot at while doing their job on...