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BAMF of the Week: Night Stalkers – CW5 Maier and CW5 Cook

By RU Special Contributor Thaddius Dawkins FORT CAMPBELL, KY — As the A Company, 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment hangar began to fill with people Friday, it was...
Operation Ranger Up – Application Guidelines

The following items are what you’ll need to apply to the Ranger Up Veteran Entrepreneur program. 1. Cover Letter Please include your contact information, an introduction, biography, so we know...
War of Words

By SGT Awesome When people think of debate they often think of a bunch of rich lobbyist mouthpieces at podiums giving canned non-answers as they attempt to gain political office....
Thank You Ranger Up Nation!!

By Kerry Patton Yesterday, Tommy Batboy and I wrote two pieces related to the recent US Army Ranger atrocity which unfolded in Afghanistan over the weekend. What we wrote wasn’t...
Why Veterans Should NOT Reintegrate Back Into Society

By Kerry Patton Last week I had wrote about an encounter I had in Home Depot upon returning back to the States. I read a lot of comments and agree...
Fanatic

By RU Rob We at Ranger Up receive emails and Facebook messages on a daily basis from our fans. Usually we keep our responses between the fan and ourselves, but...
Brian Stann – The End of an Era

By SGT Awesome Husband and Father Champion, Marine, Hero All American Brian Stann is many things and a simple haiku could never do him justice. So instead, after the day of...
Douche of the Week: Lil Wayne

By Jack Mandaville I want to make a few of my personal opinions clear before I go into my impending tirade about our latest Douche of the Week. 1) I...
Ranger Up Interviews: Ricky Schroder – Starting Strong

The decision to enlist in the military can be one of the most daunting experiences in one’s life. In the who, what, where, and why of the enlistment issue, the most...
The Rhino Den – What We Believe

Due to the fact that several of our last “Douche of the Week” articles have focused on either political figures or political issues, we have received a number of comments about...
10 Years Later, The Start of the War in Iraq

Editor’s Note: Ten years ago today, the war in Iraq began. We here at The Rhino Den recognize the years of back-to-back deployments, hardships, and overall sacrifice of the men and...
The Greatest Generation?

By Jack Mandaville “It would be redundant to say that I would trust my life to these men. Because I already have, in more ways than I can ever recount....
Why I am Opposed to Background Checks

By Mr. Twisted I realize that, in writing this, the boss of Ranger Up has already stated that he takes the opposite stance from me—that he is in fact in favor...
A Christmas Wish

Editor’s Note: We have received a request from The Ranger Up Nation to pass the word about this upcoming event. I trust you already know what to do, mandatory formation. Merry...
Ranger Up Interviews: Saving Abel

Editor’s Note: Ranger Up sends out a big thanks to Bear Frazier for helping us land this interview. By RU Contributor SGT Awesome Recently I had the privilege to interview Saving...
I Wrote This

Hello America, my name is Nick Palmisciano and I wrote the essay below, not General David Petraeus, “A Marine in Iraq”, General Schwarzkopf, any of the wounded warriors it’s been...

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Warrior Poetry: Taking Back What’s Mine

By Stephen Parks All of the horror Burned into the backs...
Women Get Blown Up, Too

By Lana Duffy This one is sort of for the ladies....
Boo Hoo! You’re Getting Pink Slips

By Kerry Patton With reduction in force taking place, many service...

I Have PTSD…So What?

By RU Rob I have PTSD. We all know what it is,...
I Wrote This

Hello America, my name is Nick Palmisciano and I wrote the...
Name the Rhino from The Damn Few Contest

Everyone loves The Damn Few and you have noticed that the hard-nosed...