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Davis in Central America

Tim Davis is an Army Ranger and veteran of the US Army's Special Operations Command. Davis has traveled throughout the Americas and Europe teaching combatives, special weapons and tactics as well as anti-terrorist training.  He has lived in Central America as both a soldier and civilian, and did freelance work for the US prior to the invasion of Panama.  Today, Davis is a staff member at ArmyRanger.com and an established author of the military suspense novels, Day of the Ranger, The Southern Cross and Copper Penny.  An accomplished writer, Davis can now be heard.

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US Army Rangers

 

31 May 2004

Memorial Day Introduction to MilTalk Radio

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6 June 2004

U.S. Army Ranger History

Origins of the 75th Ranger Regiment

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World War II through the War on Terror

Listen Now 66 min

 

GUEST: LTC John D. Lock

 

 

John D Lock is a 1982 graduate and former Assistant Professor, United States Military Academy at West Point.  He has served as both an enlisted man and an officer.  His assignments include the 1st Armored Division, West Germany, the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., and Stabilization Forces (SFOR), Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.  LTC Lock is the author of To Fight with Intrepidity: The Complete History of the US Army Rangers 1622 to Present and The Coveted Black & Gold: A Daily Journey Through the US Army Ranger School Experience.  You can also read LTC Lock's work at www.armyranger.com.

 

13 June 2004

Rangers in World War II, Korea and Vietnam

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GUEST: Col. Robert W. Black

 

 

Robert W. Black is a retired U.S. Army colonel who served in Vietnam and with the 8th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War. Parachute and glider qualified, twice the recipient of the combat Infantry Badge, he was awarded the Silver Star, three Bronze Stars—two for valor and one for meritorious service—the Legion of Merit, the Air Medal, and sixteen other awards and decorations. He was the founding president of the Airborne Ranger Association of the Korean War and was inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame in 1995. He is the author of Rangers in Korea, Rangers in World War II, A Ranger Born and is currently writing the definitive history of the Rangers over the past four hundred years and a book on Rangers in the American Civil War. He lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

 

20 June 2004

What it Takes to Wear a Ranger Scroll and Keep it On

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GUEST: CSM Jeff Mellinger

 

 

Jeff Mellinger is a CSM in the United States Army.  CSM Mellinger has served in various leadership roles within the 75th Ranger Regiment.  As a member of the 2nd Ranger Battalion his duties included serving as a machine gun and rifle squad leader as well as a rifle and weapons platoon sergeant.   He served as the Command Sergeant Major of the 1st Ranger Battalion and was a senior team leader for the 75th Ranger Reconnaissance Detachment.  His accomplishments extend beyond the Regiment.  He has served as a drill sergeant at Ft. Gordon, an Assistant Professor at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and as the Commandant of the U.S. Army Alaska NCO Academy.  CSM Mellinger sets the example for others to follow.

 

27 June 2004

From a Ranger Battalion to the Special Forces

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Tim Davis explores the potential career path of a Ranger from serving in a Ranger Battalion to attending and passing the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course (SFAS).  After joining the Special Forces and passing the Special Forces Qualification Test (SFQT), a Green Beret must then demonstrate his professionalism as only a few will be recruited to tryout to serve among the best of the best - the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta (SFOD-D).  Does serving in a Ranger Battalion prepare a Ranger to go SF?  What are the basic differences between the Rangers, the Special Forces and Delta Force?  Do you really want to serve with Delta Force?

 

22 August 2004

Been There / Done That / Teaching It

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GUEST: Special Forces Chief Warrant Officer Shaun Driscoll

 

 

Chief Driscoll has served in uniform for nearly thirty years, over twenty-three of those were in Special Operations with the US Army Airborne Rangers and Special Forces.  Chief Driscoll worked his way up in the 2nd 75th Ranger Battalion, earning the rank of Sergeant E-5 before moving on to Special Forces.  He served with the 10th Special Forces Group as a heavy/light weapons and Intel NCO, reaching the rank of Sergeant First Class.  He was accepted into the Special Forces Warrant Officers Program, and served on A-teams as both an XO and Detachment Commander.  Chief Driscoll later served as a Company Commander for the Special Forces Warrant Officers Training Company, a part of the 1st Special Forces Warfare Training Group.  He is an Honor graduate of the Special Forces Language School; he speaks a minimum of three foreign languages, as well as the graduate of several other Special Forces schools.  Chief Driscoll is the veteran of numerous special operations missions worldwide.  He currently teaches JROTC for the US Army in Vermont.   

 

26 March 2006

A Ranger in Vietnam

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GUEST: Gary Dolan

 

 

Gary Dolan received a B.S in Civil Engineering from the United States Military Academy in 1969 and a J.D. from New York Law School in 1977. Dolan is an attorney licensed in the State of New York, a public accountant and a Certified Trade Broker.  Dolan's distinguished 5-year military career includes a one-year tour of duty in Vietnam in 1970 with Company C (Ranger), 75th Infantry (Airborne).  While on active service, Dolan was awarded the Airborne, Ranger, Jungle Warfare Expert and Combat Infantryman Badges as well as ten Combat Air Medals, the Bronze Star and numerous other achievement medals.  He retired as an LTC from the Army Reserves.  He served as President of Company E (Long Range Patrol), 20th Infantry (Airborne) and Company C (Ranger), 75th Infantry (Airborne) Association, Inc.  He authored the book, Of Their Own Accord, to be published January 2004, which relates the heroics of the Rangers in Viet Nam.

 

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