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Ranger School / Ranger School Phases / Ranger School Prep June 17, 2019
READ MOREUNG alumni graduate from Ranger School Four University of North Georgia (UNG) alumni recently graduated from Ranger School: 2nd Lts. Cameron Hite, Reed Johnston, Davis Ponder and Mark Beyrer. The purpose of the 61-day Ranger School is to develop combat leadership skills by requiring soldiers to perform effectively as small […]
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US Army Rangers just scaled towering seaside cliffs to re-enact one of D-Day’s most dangerous missions Early in the morning on June 6, 1944, US Army Rangers stormed the beaches of Normandy and scaled 100-foot cliffs under fire to eliminate German artillery that threatened the Allied spearhead into enemy-occupied Europe.
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One of D-Day’s most famous, heroic assaults may have been unnecessary Pointe du Hoc, France – Seventy-five years ago Thursday, a battalion of elite U.S. Army Rangers scaled the 100-foot promontory here overlooking Omaha Beach, with nothing more than ropes and rickety ladders. As enemy gunfire and grenades rained down, […]