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Camp Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Aug. 04, 2015.

I've got over 5 years in the Eglin AFB Control Tower and Duke Field Tower.
I've seen lightening do very strange thinks there.
Ive seen lightening strike the ground within 50 feet of very tall pine trees, where normally it would have struck the pine tree.
I've seen lightening strike the runway and blow holes in the runway, blowing out chances of concrete.

[Yosemitest]

A day in the life of an Army Ranger

" ... "I woke up in a cold sweat," Col. Robert "Tex" Turner recalled in a slide show presentation. "I had a nightmare that I was still in Ranger School. Thank God that I was in Vietnam. Compared to Ranger School, combat was easy."

Turner, who was known as one of the best in the West Point Ranger Department, was in the Army for more than 31 years, and served two tours of duty in Vietnam.

Still, to him, nothing compared to his time in Ranger School.

Camp James E. Rudder at Eglin Air Force Base is home to the 6th Ranger Training Battalion, where students go through the last of three phases — the Swamp Phase — on the road to becoming Army Rangers.

... After introductions, a safety briefing, and a demonstration that included various venomous and nonvenomous snakes and alligators, the tour group was taken to two main camp areas to observe a live class of Army Ranger students. Those areas included Pine Bluff Lake, where waterborne exercises take place, and the gun range. ... "