Mortui non sunt, sed in aeternum vivunt” (They did not die, but live for ever)
Gary Gordon & Randy Shughart Mortui non sunt, sed in aeternum vivunt  (They did not die, but live for ever) From Facebook, Jeff Mellinger 16 years ago today, Task Force Ranger was engaged in the toughest ground combat since Vietnam.The mission for that day was successful, but the fallout from the casualties overshadowed the day.Please

Dispatch from a former Hoglidite….
Jeff Mellinger The F.O.G.'s of War In response to prodding by Dave Lukoskie a few years back, I wrote the following for Patrolling: Dispatch from a former Hoglidite…. Arriving at Fort Lewis Washington the week before Christmas, 1974, I drove to the barber shop and got a “high and tight.” Next, I drove up to the main MP gate and asked where the 2d of the 75th Rangers were. The MP on duty gave me a blank stare, and said that there was no

3D Plt / B Co / 2D Bn – 75th Inf
3/B/2-75 (Ranger) Dec 75 This was the Platoon in Dec 75 Minus Guys in Schools & Hospital

No Shit There I Was
  Dave Lukoskie C  2/75 Just out of curiosity………when did all you guys arrive at the 2/75? I got there on or about 14 Apr ‘75, fresh out of Jump School and a 10 day “leave” athome. Not many people there yet….at that time. Old barracks at North Fort, Cpt Kelly was still the Co C “CO”…… CSM Roy D Smith (retired)  and I mean it In August 1974, I received a call from senior NCO assignments that would I consider going to Fort Lewis and help in the start up of the 2nd Ranger Bn. I thought my days of volunteering were over with after spending three out of five years in Korea and Vietnam

Happy 35th Anniversary
Tab & Old Scroll   1 Oct 74 – 1 Oct 09 Happy 35th Anniversary 2D BN. May Our Father Bless and Protect our Brothers & Sisters in harms way today, and may He watch over and comfort their loved ones. Though I Walk Through The Valley of the Shadow of Death I will Fear No Evil, For The RANGERS Hold the High Ground!   Fallen – Never Forgotten Col A.J.”Bo” Baker