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Patrolling Fall 2015 75Th Ranger Regiment Association, Inc PATROLLING FALL 2015 75TH RANGER REGIMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. VOLUME 28 ISSUE III Officers’ Messages ..............4-8, 54-60 General ................................1-3, 9-12 Unit Reports ............................. 13-53 CHINA - BURMA - INDIA - VIETNAM - IRAN - GRENADA - PANAMA - IRAQ - SOMALIA - AFGHANISTAN PATROLLING - FALL 2015 WHO WE ARE We have funded trips for families to visit their wounded sons and husbands The 75th Ranger Regiment Association, Inc., is a registered 501 (c) corporation, while they were in the hospital. We have purchased a learning program soft ware registered in the State of Georgia. We were founded in 1986 by a group of for the son of one young Ranger who had a brain tumor removed. The Army veterans of F/58, (LRP) and L/75 (Ranger). The first meeting was held on June took care of the surgery, but no means existed to purchase the learning program. 7, 1986, at Ft. Campbell, KY. We fund the purchase of several awards for graduates of RIP and Ranger School. OUR MISSION We have contributed to each of the three Battalion’s Memorial Funds and Ranger 1. To identify and offer membership to all eligible 75th Infantry Balls, and to the Airborne Memorial at Ft. Benning. Rangers, and members of the Long Range Reconnaissance We have bi-annual reunions and business meetings. Our Patrol Companies, Long Range Patrol Companies, Ranger Officers, (President, 1st & 2nd Vice-Presidents, Secretary Companies and Detachments, Vietnamese Ranger Advisors & Treasurer), are elected at this business meeting. This of the Biet Dong Quan; members of LRSU units that trace reunion coincides with the 75th Ranger Regiment’s Ranger their lineage to Long Range Patrol Companies that were Rendezvous, and is at Columbus, GA. (Ft. Benning). We have attached to Brigade or larger units during the Vietnam War off year reunions at various locations around the country. and the 75th Ranger Regiment. 2. To sustain the Association. Unlike the WWII Battalions and PRESIDENTS Merrill’s Marauders, the 75RRA accepts members and former 1986-1988 Bob Gilbert members of the Active Ranger Battalions. By doing so we are 1988-1990 Billy Nix perpetuating the association. It will not “die off” as these two 1990-1992 Bob Gilbert organizations someday will. 1992-1994 Roy Nelson (resigned) 3. To assist, when possible, those active units and their Milton Lockett (resigned) members who bear the colors and lineage of the 5307th Duke Dushane (appointed by Directors) Composite Provisional Unit (CPU), 475th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry 1994-1996 Roy Barley (Ranger) Companies (Merrill’s Marauders), 1st and 2nd Battalions (Ranger) 75th 1996-1998 Rick Erlher Infantry, the 75th Ranger Regiment, consisting of Regimental Headquarters 1st, 1998-2000 Terry Roderick 2nd, and 3rd Ranger Battalions, successor units, or additions to the Regiment. 2000-2002 Emmett Hiltibrand WHAT WE DO 2002-2004 Dana McGrath During the last five years we have provided financial support to the young men of 2004-2005 Emmett Hiltibrand the 75th Ranger Regiment. Each year, through contributions from our members 2005-2007 Stephen Crabtree and some outside sources, we have provided about $4,000.00 to each of the three 2007-2009 William Bullen Ranger Battalions and $2,000.00 to the Regimental HQ. These funds enabled 2009-2011 John Chester the families of the junior enlisted men, (E-5 & below) to get certificates for toys 2011-2013 Joe Little for the children and turkeys for Christmas dinner. 2013-2015 Bill Anton 2015- Richard Barela WHO IS ELIGIBLE Co C (LRP) 58th Inf. SECTION 2: Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Co E (LRP) 58th Inf. Co P (RANGER) 75th Inf. V Corp (LRRP) Co F (LRP) 58th Inf. Co D (RANGER) 151st Inf. VII Corp (LRRP) 70th Inf. DET (LRP) 9th Inf. Div. (LRRP) 71st Inf. DET (LRP) SECTION 5: Vietnamese Ranger Advisors BDQ 25th Inf. Div. (LRRP) 74th Inf. DET (LRP) All units of the Biet Dong Quan (BDQ). 196th Inf. Bde. (LRRP) 78th Inf. DET (LRP) 1st Cav. Div. (LRRP) 79th Inf. DET (LRP) SECTION 6: 75th Ranger Regiment 1st Inf. Div. (LRRP) Co D (LRP) 151st Inf. 1st Battalion (Ranger) 75th Inf., 4th Inf. Div. (LRRP) activated in 1974. 101st Abn. Div., 1st Bde. (LRRP) SECTION 4: 75th Infantry Ranger Companies 2nd Battalion (Ranger) 75th Inf., 199th Inf. Bde. (LRRP) Co A (RANGER) 75th Inf. activated in 1974. 173rd Abn. Bde. (LRRP) Co B (RANGER) 75th Inf. 3rd Battalion (Ranger) 75th Inf., 3rd Inf. Div. (LRRP) Co C (RANGER) 75th Inf. activated in 1984. Co D (RANGER) 75th Inf. 75th Ranger Special Troops Battalion, SECTION 3: Long Range Patrol Co E (RANGER) 75th Inf. activated in 2007. Co D (LRP) 17th Inf. Co F (RANGER) 75th Inf. 75th Ranger Regiment HHC Company, Co E (LRP) 20th Inf. Co G (RANGER) 75th Inf. activated in 1984. Co E (LRP) 30th Inf. Co H (RANGER) 75th Inf. Co E (LRP) 50th Inf. Co I (RANGER) 75th Inf. SECTION 7: Long Range Surveillance: Any Long Co F (LRP) 50th Inf. Co K (RANGER) 75th Inf. Range Surveillance Company or Detachment that Co E (LRP) 51st Inf. Co L (RANGER) 75th Inf. can trace its’ lineage to, or is currently assigned to Co F (LRP) 51st Inf. Co M (RANGER) 75th Inf. a Brigade or larger element that was deployed to Co E (LRP) 52nd Inf. Co N (RANGER) 75th Inf. Vietnam as listed in section 2, 3 or 4 above. ICo F (LRP) 52nd Inf. Co O (RANGER) 75th Inf. PATROLLING - FALL 2015 Rangers and All Association Community Members, Most of you have met the standard with regularity, which is greatly appreciated. Some units don’t have news for every There are many factors that go into developing and delivering issue, and that’s alright. Nobody expects you to fabricate a each issue of Patrolling. We have struggled to meet deadlines, submission where none exists. If you don’t have anything for and frequency over the past several years. It takes a number Patrolling please just let us know as that will help us manage of people working together and cooperating to get the available space. magazine out the door. That failure in performance falls on no one person. We’re all responsible to some extent, and have Here are a couple things that most contributors to Patrolling come to accept ownership thereof. already know (or may serve as a refresher) and will be beneficial for new directors and others: What’s new is that we think we’ve found and resolved all 1. Wherever possible please submit your articles in MS issues. We believe that we have come up with the right Word format. If you don’t have Word then plain text formula that puts us squarely back on track beginning with will suffice. the next issue, which will be Winter 2015 (Fall Patrolling is 2. Please never (ever) embed your photos in a Word at the printer as of 10/11/2015). document. Simply write, i.e., “photo 1 here” where you want the shot placed in your article then label There are some changes so we want to be certain that your attached photo(s) accordingly. everyone “gets the word.” We’ll lay that out in some detail 3. If you have a spell checker, use it. We have no way of here then include a little housekeeping at the end of this knowing when the name of one of your people or a notice. It’s a team effort and what we really want everyone to region in a foreign country is spelled incorrectly. Of know is that we are asking for your help. course the spell checker isn’t likely to know either but it will help identify those words and give you The nice thing is that it’s actually pretty simple: a second chance to decide for yourself if what you 1. All member submissions flow from contributing typed is what you intended. members to their respective Unit Directors. Advocates 4. We said it above but it bears repeating . Every- & Feature articles e-mail direct to Patrolling. one, Please submit ONLY to patrolling@75thrra. 2. Unit Directors will submit their unit functions, notices, com and not any of the media group personal e-mail and message to the editor via the patrolling@75thrra. addresses. If you will do as requested it will then go com e-mail address. through a mail handler that sends it to ALL of us in the media group. The benefit is that should one of 3. Everything needs to be in BEFORE the “cut-off” date. our computers or hard drive take a dump we’ll still That’s when we lock the issue and send it to the print- have a complete set of everyone’s submitted material. er. We’d appreciate having a few days to go through it 5. If you are the outgoing, or new (incoming) UD, all before sending it out. If you will get your submis- please make absolutely certain to notify the Secre- sion in well before the lock it will help to speed things tary AND Media Group of all your contact info. along and guarantee the magazine getting to the mem- Please don’t risk embarrassing yourself by leaving bers on time. So if you’re ready to send a week (or even your people hanging. a month) before the lock then, by all means, SEND IT! 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