Talk:David L. Grange

Rank

Though he was first frocked and then promoted to the much deserved rank of a Major General (MG), he reverted to Brigadier General to retire because he did not serve the required three years time in grade needed to retire in grade (although he did wear two stars for over three years but frocked time does not count as TIG). Although he did not complete the three years TIG, he was promoted to MG, therefore he retired with the rank, but not the pay of Major General / O-8. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.85.172.6 (talk) 15:26, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Best Ranger

I was fortunate enough to work for then Captain David Grange from Mar '80 to Jan '81 as a member of Company C, 1st Ranger Bn, 75th Infantry. It was commonly understood by all hands that he was the best Ranger in the company which was appropriate because he was the company commander. Next to my own father, he was the most amazing man I ever had the privilege to know. He is one hell of a grunt. Wish I had known him longer. Rgrc175 (talk) 22:36, 16 August 2008 (UTC)Rick Conerly, Beaumont, Texas

I also served with then Cpt. Grange with the 2nd Battalion 503 Inf. at Ft. Cambell, KY. He was totally hardcore and was my idol, he was my company commander from 1975-1977, although he busted me down in rank from SP4 to a PFC and probably ruined my military career with that single action, I was very young and in a sense he was my father, I am 53 years old now and still remember standing in front of him, when he pronounced my demotion. I was so in awe of him that I saluted him and gave the familiar "All the Way Sir", he was a combat vet that had survived odds that I assumed I would never be able to match, my transgression was so minimal, I was a team leader, I was walking out of the barracks on the way to chow when a Sgt. Dobbs told me to unload a truck full of supplies, I as a junior NCO thought that this was very insulting and informed Sgt. Dobbs that I would detail a member of my team to accomplish the task, long story short, Dobbs brought me up on charges and Grange officiated my demise, I so loved the Infantry and his command, it never was the same and I eventually rotated home. Gen. Grange never mentions "Hardrock Charlie" in his biography, we were one of the first units to accomplish Air Assault status, I am proud to say I was one of the first graduating classes at Air Assault School at Ft. Campbell, this was a big deal back then. We also as a unit accomplished "All Army best fit unit" and as a unit were on the cover of the Army Times, I will never forget running six miles in less than thirty minutes and puking at the end, I did it because of the camaraderie and leadership that Cpt. Grange espoused, he always did what we did, I also went through "Recondo" school at Ft. Campbell, which when completed was, I thought,a guaranteed NCO commission, in fact it was promised to me, it was a very difficult school and upon completion I was the only one that Cpt. Grange didn't promote,I never understood that, I did know that he ran with a certain crowd, I say that because he did fraternize with certain NCO's and even enlisted personnel that I was not a part of and this fraternization ultimately proved my demise. Gen Grange is a decorated combat hero, I used to look at his shrapnel scars and wanted to be him, So when I see him on CNN, I am proud to have served under his command and knew that if we went to war I would follow him to hell, but on the other hand as a company commander he could have made better choices with me.

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