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Army Ranger Training Camp Open House Photographs

The term “ranger” originally comes from soldiers who ranged across all sorts of terrain. Candidates must pass the “mountain phase” of instruction at the 5th Ranger Training Battalion at Camp Merrill outside of Dahlonega, Georgia, before they become U.S. Army Rangers. Camp Merrill is where Rangers are taught to win battles …

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Open House at 5th Ranger Camp in Dahlonega April 26th

The 5th Ranger Training Battalion at Camp Merrill in Dahlonega is where America’s toughest soldiers get tougher during the Mountain Phase of Ranger School. Rangers are trained, assessed and retrained on individual and collective platoon-level Infantry tasks they’ll need to lead combat operations in mountainous environments anywhere …