• Douche of the Week: Lil Wayne
• That Explains it All
• I Thought I Was Going to Die: Part 3
• NSA and the Cult of the Presidency
• The Day of Days
• Does the Infantry Have a Future?
• Douche of the Week: Jesse Ventura
• Ranger Up Interviews: Ricky Schroder – Starting Strong
• I Thought I Was Going To Die: Part 2
• Are We Doomed?

Stories

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  I Thought I Was Going to Die: Part 3

    By Kevin Flike When I sat down to write Part 3 of “I Thought I Was Going to Die” a couple of weeks ago, a couple of pages quickly turned...

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  NSA and the Cult of the Presidency

      Another day, another scandal, as the headline states. A lot will be written about the NSA spying story in the next couple weeks, but I felt it necessary to...

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  The Day of Days

  “It is well that War is so terrible, lest we should grow too fond of it.” -Robert E. Lee By Mad Medic 69 years ago, in the late hours of June...

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  I Thought I Was Going To Die: Part 2

    By Kevin Flike This is part 2 in a 4 part series entitled “I Thought I Was Going to Die.” If you have not read part 1 of “I Thought...

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  Memorial Day

    By RU Rob While Memorial Day in the United States often induces thoughts of the beginning of summer, BBQ’s and a long holiday weekend, it is not celebrated as intended....

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  Messing with Marcus

    By Kelly Crigger “Know why I’m wearing these duds?” I didn’t look at him hoping he’d go away. No such luck. “It’s Disco Night at that bar in Westport. Come...

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  Big Army’s Latest FUBAR

    By Mad Medic It seems almost comical. Perhaps there were a bunch of generals sitting around trying to fluff their OER so they could get another star, maybe it was...

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  The Benghazi Debacle

    By Ghengis Ron Did the US do enough to protect its people during the attack on the American diplomatic facility in Benghazi? Greg Hicks, the Deputy Chief of Mission at...

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  Is the Pentagon Persecuting Christians: A Conversation

    By Mr. Twisted and SGT Awesome The topic of faith is, without question, one of the most difficult subjects to write on and maintain any sense of objectivity. Nobody approaches...

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  I Thought I Was Going to Die

    By Kevin Flike There were many times in Afghanistan that I thought I could die, but there were only two times that I thought I was going to die for...

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  Citizen SEAL

    By Jack Mandaville “When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.” -George Washington There is an unquestionable chasm between the images presented by the American military...

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  What Boston Taught Us

    By Mad Medic Any Soldier, Sailor, Airman or Marine that went on patrol in Iraq or Afghanistan found a majority of the events surrounding the bombing of the Boston Marathon...

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  A Fight We Will Never Win

    By Kelly Crigger For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ “Chuck him out, the brute!” But it’s “Saviour of ‘is country” when the guns begin to shoot; An’ it’s...

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  A Salute

    By RU Special Guest- Beth Kingston On a recent trip to NYC, my husband Don found himself walking down what turned out to be Wall Street and was stopped by...

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  FREEDOM!!! Except here, here, and here.

    By Mr. Twisted   A discussion from Ranger Up’s Facebook page last weekend revolved around the question of which states in our country have the most freedom and, conversely, which...

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  Don’t Piss Off the Medic

    By RU Contributor Mad Medic   Medics are an odd bunch. We’re that strange mix of brains and Braun that is required to work on the Line but also to...