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Check on your people…….
RIP Chris. You believed in me when I couldn’t even believe in myself. You saw I had what it takes and you never let me forget how far I’ve come, especially when I got bogged down with how far I have yet to go. I’m sorry that you felt so much pain and that this was the only way to release it. I’m gonna miss you, man.
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Ranger’s sacrifice helped save lives
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Sergeant Thomas R. MacPherson made a rational decision in the most irrational of situations, sacrificing his life to save his brothers in 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.
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During a nighttime firefight in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan on Oct. 12, MacPherson was leading an assault against an enemy position when he was shot in the chest. To keep his comrades from coming to him and getting caught in the crossfire, he radioed that he had been hit in the leg — still a serious injury, but one that by combat standards wouldn’t have required immediate attention.
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That is the story his wife of three years, Claudia MacPherson, told mourners through tear-filled eyes at a memorial service for her husband at 2-75 Rngr. headquarters on Joint Base Lewis McChord last week. The couple has a 19-month-old, Brayden.
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Describing the immense love and support she has felt from MacPherson’s unit and other military spouses, she spoke directly to her husband.
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“I know that if you were here today, just like me, you would find it hard to put into words how to let everyone of them know how much they mean to us,” she said. “It may appear that our Family of three is now a Family of two, but sweet Tommy, our Family has never been bigger than it is today. In no way have you left us alone.”
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Known fondly as “Sergeant Mac,” MacPherson, 26, was on his fifth combat deployment — his fourth to Afghanistan. According to Sgt. 1st Class Steven Galvez, MacPherson was at the front of the unit patrol on the night of the firefight that left him mortally wounded.
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“To be up front, that’s something big,” Galvez said. “That’s saying something when we know you’re going to take us there and back.”
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Sergeant Jonah Herd served with MacPherson for five years but within the last 18 months, developed a close friendship with him. Herd received the initial call from MacPherson that he had been injured and described MacPherson as calm and relaxed.
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“If he had told me he had been hit in the chest, I would have moved (to him),” Herd said.
#TommyMac #RLTW
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Thinking of you today Tommy…
#RLTW #USArmy #ArmyRangers #TommyMac
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20 years is a minute. Found this pic taken of us at Gardez after a 17 click exfil on the last day of Operation Anaconda. This team was there for a the entire operation, did solid work. All four of these hitters went on to 20 year careers as eights and nines. Humbled to have walked with giants. Every couple of years I run into somebody from the Rakkasan who thanks us…….so humbled.
Our KIA 20 years ago;
Roberts
Chapman
Cunningham
Crose
Commons
Svitek
Anderson
#operationanaconda #takurghar #teamsandshit #rltw #nsdq
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🇺🇸Happy Veteran’s Day to all who have served our great nation in the Armed Forces!
At LogOX we salute all of our Veterans, Military, Law Enforcement, and First Responders, today and every day with a 10% discount on all LogOX brand products at checkout, only on our website through a partnership with @shopgovx.
📸 Future LogOX Co-Founders 2LT Austin Roberts and Jon Roberts in December 2009 at US Army Ranger School graduation of Class 01-10.
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#TeamLogOX #veteransday #RLTW #army #navy #usaf #usmc #uscg #spaceforce #oef #oif #gwot #covetedblackandgold #ranger (at Victory Pond)
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Remembering this hero today, nine years after giving his life in service to our country and in defense of our freedom. Rest in peace Tommy. #RLTW #TommyMac #USA #USArmy
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#COMCAM #RLTW #Ranger #usarmy #villaramaphoto (at Maury County, Tennessee)
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The greatest friends you’ll ever have are those you’ve made in hell. #RLTW
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The best of friends in the worst of times. #RLTW
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No Mercy. No peace.
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#ltac #loudountactical #loudoun #loudouncounty #fairfaxva #northernvirginia #firearmstraining #tacticaltraining #tccc #combatfitness #specialoperations #nomercy #trainfightsurvive
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This Friday 6pm, Chesapeake, VA…….a toast to all our dead brothers and sisters.
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Friday Night Lightz
1245 Cedar rd
Chesapeake, VA 23322
#saytheirnames #memorialday #teamsandshit #rltw #nsdq
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#fixedbladefriday
Made a one off dagger for a brother I was in Afghanistan with.
AEB-L steel, hollow ground with sculpted titanium handles- anodized blue.
#rltw #fixedblade #dagger #custom #handmade #combatveteran #brotherhood #infantry #ranger #suasponte (at United States)
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7 KIA 19 years ago today.
Fifi
Chappy
Cunningham
Svitak
Crose
Commons
Anderson
Fifi was KIA engaging multiple enemy alone with his SAW after falling from the helo once it took an RPG. That bird did a controlled landing in the valley in front of us. Another helo retrieved that crew and reinserted them to try and save Fifi. Chappy was KIA while engaging multiple enemy. The QRF bird landed unaware of what was happening. Svitak, the door gunner, was KIA immediately. Anderson was KIA before leaving the bird. Crose and Commons were both KIA on the ramp. Cunningham was wounded mid day but was KIA due to no more birds being able to fly in and medevac him. Three helos disabled, 7 dead and it took those up there another 14 hours to take the mountain and be extracted. Me and mine continued to engage targets through the 4th and 5th to support our guys and the big machine.
#nsdq #rltw #teamsandshit
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Teamwork and brotherhood. This is one way for your spotter to call winds!
#specialforces #sniper #ranger #rltw #dol
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38 years ago today I graduated Infantry One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning GA. #bestjobieverhad #queenofbattle #deoppressoliber #RLTW
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DON’T EAT THE CHARMS!!!!
#runtocalmthenoise #rltw #veteran #mre #run #bike #swim #nocharms #badluck #sanantonio (at The Shops at La Cantera)
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On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which, “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end, the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. The cost in lives on D-Day was high. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to begin the slow, hard slog across Europe, to defeat Adolf Hitler’s crack troops.
#lestweforget #dday #normandy #rangers #rltw #omahabeach #wwii #wwiihistory #army #airforce #navy #armyaircorps #fubar (at Omaha Beach)
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