Military Ring Info

The Force Reconnaissance companies of the US Marine Corps serve to gather intelligence to ground commanders. This is very vital because it helps commanders to plan operations against the enemy. This is so vitally important because of the sensitive nature of the job and the information required.

The job of any recon unit is to snoop and poop, or to gather information. The recon unit should avoid contact (getting in a fight) at all costs because it operates deep behind enemy lines, and it really dosen’t want the enemy to know that he is being spied on. It takes a special kind of soldier to serve in this type unit because the demands are greater. I take my hat off to all soldiers regardless of their branch of service who have ever served in any type of recon unit anywhere. Regular soldiers really look up to special operations troops and all have a deep respect for them. I have sold many military rings to many of these soldiers in many different branches of the military.

I don’t know if you all know this or not but women have served in various armies for thousands of years. Women were recently integrated into our military units here in the US. There have always been concerns in our society as to whether women should serve alongside men in the military and more specifically in combat units. I can come up with arguements both for and against this as an former soldier. The biggest problems that we encounter when we deal with this issue are not about whether women are fit to serve in the military, but the mores of our society.

As a former soldier I have served with many women at various times and just like the men there were some good and some bad. Some used their womanhood to try to get over while some wanted to prove that they could do just as much as a man.

The one woman that I respect the most (I don’t know her name) attended the Army Paratrooper school with me. She was a hispanic woman and could not have been much more than four feet tall. If you know anything about jump school you know that it is pretty demanding physically. On this day we were in the final week of training and we were preparing to make a jump in full combat gear. We were wearing full combat gear, to include a weighted rucksack, a rifle, our main parachutes, and our reserve parachutes. In jump school you never walk you run so we were running in this gear. I can’t remember exactly where we were running to but I do know that it was strenuous. This little woman was moving as fast as she could and really struggling so when I passed by her I tried to help her by grabbing the back of her chute and lifting it up while I pushed her forward. She would have no part of it. She wanted to make it on her own and seemed to be angry with me for trying to help her. She reached back and knocked my hand off of her gear and kept going. I wish every soldier had this kind of committment. This is one reason why we offer womens military rings with just about every kind of customization that we offer for the mens rings.

The word military is a term which we sometimes use without really knowing what it means. Here is the textbook definition: A military is an organization authorized by its host nation to use force to defend its country, or to attack other countries, or any perceived threat to its country. I just thought that I would throw something a little different at you all today. I enjoy coming up with different ideas to post.

While we are on the term let me enlighten you just a little bit more. Militaries more often have their own struture. They have a unique military community which does not function exactly like the civilian community that they may be a part of. They will have their own police force, schools, hospitals, stores, and economy just to name a few. The military by nature is an unique and seperate entity. This is why we saw a market to provide military rings because this community has its own needs. Some are seperate and can’t be addressed by the civilian community. Our military is a force which has needs that are different and must be catered to.

This is a true account of something that happened to me back in 1983 when I was on temporary duty at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexicio. Every once in a while I tell one of the incredible things that happened to me when I was in the Army. I don’t embellish (lie) as some others do. This really happened.

I was sent to White Sands back in 1983 with the majority of my unit to help the Army in their testing and development of the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). That was all well and good and the desert was a different experience for me. I really enjoyed it and I enjoyed the surronding area whenever I got a chance to get away from base camp. Our base camp was located way out in the middle of nowhere. We were about 45 miles from El Paso TX, and 20 miles from garrison at White Sands.

One night in the field I was given a mission to go and find a unit which I later learned had already left and went back to the rear (about 30 miles away). In the meantime my jeep broke down with no radio. I couldn’t go back to the control site since they had pulled up stakes and moved also. I ended up walking all night to get back to base camp (with a pack of about 15 coyotes following me the entire trip.) Well I guess you know I made it OK because I’m writing this to you today. This is one of the fond memories that we need to keep close to the heart. it wasn’t so fond when it was happening but I can look back now and laugh. I didn’t figure out how to put this on my military commemorative ring when I created it but I would have if I could have figured out how to.

The USS Midway was an aircraft carrier built during WWII. At that time she was a revolutionary vessel because her hull design allowed her to be more maneuverable than any other aircraft carrier ever built. I wanted to write this post just to pay tribute to this vessel and to bring to light just a little about her rich history.

This vessel also served in the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Desert Shield. During the Vietnam war her fighters were credited with the first and the last air to air kills of that war. She is also known for her participation in Operation Frequent Wind which was the evacuation of Saigon at the end of the war.

She was also used to support Operations Desert Shield, and Desert Storm with sorties being launched from her decks. She was decommissioned in 1992 and converted to a museum. All of you who served on this ship certainly have something to be proud of. Many sailors and ex sailors will create a custom US Navy Ring to help to tell the story of their service. There is no way to tell everything on the ring just like there is no way for me to give you the entire story of this vessel in this one post. I hope that you did get an idea about this vessel and maybe you will be challenged to do some research on your own. If you do you are more than welcome to share it with us here.,

Staff Sergeant Lincoln V Dockery was recently awarded the Silver Star and a Purple Heart for his heroic actions during the war in Afghanistan.

SSG Dockery is a combat engineer assigned to Company A 173rd Airborne Brigade Special Troops Battalion. SSG Dockery made the decision to charge into the teeth of a close ambush and to keep the charge going despite heavy RPG and rifle fire all around him. SSG Dockery felt that he had to charge the ambush in order to give his unit a fighting chance at survival. He made the right decision and had the guts to carry it out despite being wounded by a grenade. He pressed forward doing what he knew had to be done.

This is just a testament to the character of our military servicemen and women. I try to commemorate military acheivements in this post in order to make it commensurate with the Military Service Rings that are offered. I will always try to find information about our fine troops to share with the public because many people just don’t realize the amount of sacrifice that our soldiers make on a daily basis.

The 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment is the longest continuously serving unit in the US Army. It started out as the Second Regiment of Dragoons in May 1836. In 1861 its name was changed to the 2nd US Cavalry.

This unit was stationed as a border unit during the cold war period. This means that if the anticipated Warsaw Pact attack ever happened it would have been one of the first units in contact with the enemy. Some of you still may not realize the gravity of the situation. Let me explain it another way, our forces in Europe were severely outnumbered by the Russian Army and the rest of the Warsaw pact forces. Our military doctrine during that time was to train to fight outnumbered and live. That would have very difficult for this unit to do.

The unit was moved to Saudi Arabia and helped to spearhead the attack during Operation Desert Storm. After the Gulf War it was relocated to Fort Lewis Washington and converted to a light cavalry unit. The unit again saw action in Bosnia after which it was moved to Fort Polk Louisiana.

The unit again saw action in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom and in 2006 was reflagged as the 4th Brigade 2nd ID. The 1st Brigade 25th ID then became the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Stryker).

You can see that this unit has a deep and rich history. I could not do it justice in this short post. Posts like this are only one way to tell the story of your military service. Any cavalry unit can use a US Cavalry Ring to tell a lot about its history.

The Army Direct Ordering Program is a new program for Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom soldiers to exchange worn and ineffective pieces of organizational clothing and individual equipment (OCIE) for new equipment. Whoever came up with this idea certainly came up with a good one. I can speak from my own experiences about this.

During my time in Operation Desert Storm I had only two uniforms and two pairs of boots. The desert is unforgiving when it comes to boots and uniforms. By the time that I got ready to leave the desert my uniforms were in tatters. The pockets were ripped off of my pants, the knees and elbows were worn out on the uniforms, and the soles were hanging off of my boots. I was presented with two new uniforms right before I got on the plane to come home though. I guess that we had to look good for the cameras.

I’ll tell you what, we have the same program for your custom military ring purchase. You can always exchange it when it begins to look worn. All of the rings that we do for you are guaranteed for life and you can send them in anytime you have a problem.

The Dekalb Marine Corps Institute is scheduled to open in August  in Dekalb county Georgia. This will be a one of a kind public military style high school. The school will be run by the Marine Corps, and its purpose will be to instill discipline into high school students who attend. This school will be one in a network of similar schools which will open across the country.

There is much opposition to the opening of the school, but I for one support it. I think that anything that instills discipline in our young people will be a great benefit to the future of our nation. In my opinion a lack of discipline is the major contributor to problems that many of our young people are encountering. The discipline of this type of environment can only help prepare them for the harshness of life in the real world. I speak as one who is a product of a military academy and I feel that this discipline has benefitted me in many ways.  I have seen the pride that many of the graduates of the youth challenge academy have exhibited here in my hometown. Many of the have come in to order youth challenge rings when they have graduated. There should be a design set aside for graduates of this school to purchase some type of USMC Ring.