Former NBA, Duke player towers over other graduates at Army Ranger School

It was hard to miss Marshall Plumlee on graduation day. At seven feet tall, the former NBA player towered over other uniformed graduated at the Army Ranger School in Fort Benning, Georgia, last Friday. 2nd Lt. Plumlee played for Duke University as a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadet in 2015, the year they won their fifth NCAA Championship title.

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