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Is Senator Tom Cotton an Army Ranger?
Townhall.com ^ | February 1, 2021 | Bill Wenger

Posted on 02/01/2021 7:43:08 AM PST by Kaslin

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Bill Wenger, the author of the op-ed and a former U.S. Army Infantry Colonel. He definitely knows what he is talking about. Unlike the MSM


1 posted on 02/01/2021 7:43:08 AM PST by Kaslin
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It’s ranger training and you receive a tab that goes on your uniform. You do NOT have to be assigned to a certain regiment to call yourself a ranger, if fact most of them aren’t.


2 posted on 02/01/2021 7:47:16 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Kaslin

The fact we are even having this debate shows how the Left / Democrats control the media.


3 posted on 02/01/2021 7:47:35 AM PST by VeniVidiVici ( )
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To: yldstrk

The United States Army Ranger School is a 62-day small unit tactics and leadership course that develops functional skills directly related to units whose mission is to engage the enemy in close combat and direct fire battles. Ranger training was established in September 1950 at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Also known as “snake eaters” lol.


4 posted on 02/01/2021 7:48:38 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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That jives with my understanding. He went to Ranger school, passed and was authorized to wear the Ranger tab - he’s a Ranger.


5 posted on 02/01/2021 7:49:19 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: yldstrk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_School


6 posted on 02/01/2021 7:49:23 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Kaslin

Fully agree with the article. Now back to discussing him working for the globalist antt-Trump side


7 posted on 02/01/2021 7:50:06 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: GreyFriar

Ping.


8 posted on 02/01/2021 7:50:37 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Kaslin

What a depressing hot mess military.com is. Used to be respectable years ago. Not, not so much.


9 posted on 02/01/2021 7:50:46 AM PST by Fury
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[full disclosure] 6 years US Army Infantry. Volunteered for the Airborne and Ranger courses in basic but was sidelined by pneumonia and missed my chance to attend. Got shipped to Germany, never was able to get back to Ranger school. I am not a Ranger nor have I ever considered myself a Ranger.

The general rule is - if you earn the tab, you earn the right to call yourself a Ranger.


10 posted on 02/01/2021 7:52:50 AM PST by taxcontrol (You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.)
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“I can tell you categorically the journalists who attacked Sen. Cotton’s Ranger status have it exactly backward.”

Geez, what a #%>^%# surprise.


11 posted on 02/01/2021 7:53:11 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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C 130 standing on the strip
Recon Ranger gonna take a little trip
Mission undetermined
Destination unknown
Don’t even know if I’m going home


12 posted on 02/01/2021 7:54:03 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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...and later with the respected Old Guard of the 3rd Infantry Division at Arlington National Cemetery.

Regiment, not Division.

13 posted on 02/01/2021 7:54:04 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Kaslin

If he’s tabbed, he’s tabbed. End of arguments.


14 posted on 02/01/2021 7:54:29 AM PST by Mathews (It's all gravy, baby!)
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To: Kaslin

Just checked the Internet for:

“Did joe biden serve in the Military?”

OMG what a fraud!


15 posted on 02/01/2021 7:55:32 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: DesertRhino

Now back to discussing him working for the globalist anti-Trump side
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That is the really pertinent issue today.


16 posted on 02/01/2021 7:56:24 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Dr. Pritchett

It shows you how stupid and ignorant they are.


17 posted on 02/01/2021 7:57:11 AM PST by Kaslin (Joe Biden will never be my President, and neither will Kamala Harris)
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To: Fury

Our entire military is a hot mess, thanks to the Kenyanesian Usurper and his transgenderizing.


18 posted on 02/01/2021 7:58:15 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/...

Sep 16, 2020 · Born in November 1942, Biden came of age amid the Vietnam War. But unlike millions of men of his generation, he never served in the military. Biden received …

Author: Camille Caldera

https://www.quora.com/Did-Joe-Biden-serve-in-the-US-military

No, Joe Biden did not serve in the U.S. Military. He does however have combat experience. It was in 1962 with a guy and his gang named Corn Pop. His son Hunter got two waivers to become a Naval Officer, but failed a pee test for cocaine and was …


19 posted on 02/01/2021 7:59:28 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: Kaslin

Did Cotton complete Ranger training? Was he allowed to wear the tab? Yes and yes. End of story.


20 posted on 02/01/2021 8:03:13 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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