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  • Flags In Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetary on May 24, 2012

    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...

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    You Down With FRG? Yeah, You Know Me!

      By RU Contributor Six Long ago as a young, single, and innocent female in the Army (stop laughing), I found myself dating a fella who wasn’t in the service. My...

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    We Remember Iraq: The Next Chapter

      By Mad Medic Whatever you might call it—Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Iraq War, Operation New Dawn, The Gulf War part two or names it will be given in the future—Iraq...

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    We Remember Iraq: Terps

      By Ghengis Ron During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Arabic interpreters—or “terps” as they were called—played a vital role in US military operations. Arab men and women with different backgrounds, nationalities, and...

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    We Remember Iraq: Mission Accomplished

      By Jack Mandaville It was a speech and banner that defined the first few months of the Iraq War and later became recognized as one of the largest Presidential blunders...

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