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Kenneth Mervyn Thomas (born July 1, 1965) is an American country music singer and former United States Army Ranger. Thomas was deployed in support of Operation Restore Hope as a member of Task Force Ranger in Somalia, and served in the Battle of Mogadishu. Thomas works as a motivational speaker drawing from this experience as an Army Ranger.
Best enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2004 at 17, three months after graduating high school. [2] [3] His father is a U.S. Marine who served in the Vietnam War, while both of his brothers served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Iraq War. [2] [3] He served five tours with the 2nd Ranger Battalion, four in the Iraq War, and one in Afghanistan. [2]
The United States Army Rangers are elite U.S. Army personnel who have served in any unit which has held the official designation of "Ranger". [1] [2] The term is commonly used to include graduates of the Ranger School, even if they have never served in a "Ranger" unit; the vast majority of Ranger school graduates never serve in Ranger units and are considered "Ranger qualified".
Over the summer, soldiers from the Army's little-known Nuclear Disablement Team linked up with the elite 75th Ranger Regiment at a training event that offered insight into how the US military is ...
Jason Mark Everman (born October 16, 1967) is an American musician and soldier who played guitar with Nirvana and Mind Funk, and bass in Soundgarden and OLD.He later served tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army as an Army Ranger and Green Beret.
For US Army Capt. Molly Murphy, the hardest part of the Army’s grueling Ranger Course was the very first day. ... 143 women have graduated from the US Army Ranger Course, also called Ranger ...
He instead joined the United States Army Rangers and served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was issued a SR-25 rifle , which he nicknamed Dirty Diana . With that rifle he has 33 confirmed kills.
The 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as the Army Rangers, [3] is the premier light infantry and direct-action raid force of the United States Army Special Operations Command. [4] The 75th Ranger Regiment is also part of Joint Special Operations Command via the Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC).