Soldier sent to ice sculpture school to create the Ranger scroll out of ice for the battalion Thanksgiving dinner.
Matt Stone
Matt Stone, a cook who earned his Ranger tab, served in the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment from 2008 to 2012. After leaving the Army, he earned an associate degree in criminal justice, a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina, Asheville, and a master’s degree in international relations from American University. He is the author of The Spelling Bee Champ and the newsletter Grounded. Most importantly, he learned how to turn struggle into meaning, chaos into lessons, bedlam into cosmic order.
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My Job Was Army Cook. But Ranger School Didn’t Care, and I Wasn’t Going Home Without a Tab
Army cook endures the pain and hardship of Ranger school to join the special operations unit.
