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75th Ranger Regiment Commander Receives General Order of Reprimand

Following an informal 15-6 investigation Colonel Vanek, the Regimental Commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment, has been given a general order of reprimand which will follow him throughout the rest of his career.  An Army spokesman said that the investigation looked into issues concerning, “command climate, perception, and judgement.”  Meanwhile, the Army is not commenting on what the general order of reprimand regards but the insider baseball in the Regiment is that Colonel Vanek was reprimanded for misappropriation of military funds to fly himself and his family around on the tax payer’s dime.

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Following an informal 15-6 investigation Colonel Vanek, the Regimental Commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment, has been given a general order of reprimand which will follow him throughout the rest of his career.  An Army spokesman said that the investigation looked into issues concerning, “command climate, perception, and judgement.”  Meanwhile, the Army is not commenting on what the general order of reprimand regards but the insider baseball in the Regiment is that Colonel Vanek was reprimanded for misappropriation of military funds to fly himself and his family around on the tax payer’s dime.

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Jack served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Sergeant on a Military Free Fall team in 5th Special Forces Group. Having left the military in 2010, he graduated from Columbia with a BA in political science. Murphy is the author of Reflexive Fire, Target Deck, Direct Action, and Gray Matter Splatter. His memoir, "Murphy's Law" is due for a 2019 release and can be pre-ordered now.

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