User:Eyesbehindthelines

Eyesbehindthelines

US Army Airborne Infantryman, Combat Medic, Communications Specialist, Instructor (Former Drill Sergeant, Total Army and Small Group Instructor.) Former Team Leader with US Army Long Range Surveillance Unit. 151st Infantry Detachment (LRS)(ABN), 38th Infantry Division and C. Co. 2/152 (LRS)(ABN) 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. Combat Veteran (CIB) - Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan with 20 Years of combined military service and Disabled American Veteran.

Civilian occupation: Businessman / Consultant / Entrepreneur / Independent Contractor & Project Manager.

Has worked as an Independent Contractor (To include Program Manager and Deputy Project Manager Positions) for various privately held companies to include the notable Blackwater, ArmorGroup, WSI, LG3 and TC.

"IN ORBE TERRUM NON VISI"

"All Around The World, Unseen"

The original design for this unit patch was designed by (then) SSG Bill Dodge and SFC Lewis Klupacs both who were Long Range Surveillance Leader Course Instructors at D Company, 4th Ranger Training Battalion in 1991. After several attempts, Dodge drew the final design, intended for review and approval by the Institute of Heraldry was never adopted as an official unit patch. The term "In Orbe Terrum Non Visi" is the most literal Latin translation for "Unseen the World Over" or more conveniently in English, "In all the world, unseen". It was intended to convey the stealth of Long Range Surviellance Units operating world wide. It was translated by the Latin language department of Columbus State University (Columbus College). Dodge was a second generation Ranger and Ranger Instructor whose father served with Merrill's Marauders, the Ranger Infantry Companies (Airborne) of the Korean War and also in Guatalcanal, Laos and Vietnam before serving as a Ranger Instructor (RI). The inverted triangle or delta was used for the Long Range Reconnaisance Patrols also known as LRRPS, Long Range Patrols of the 75th Infantry and as well, the delta complemented the spear tip shape of patches used in Recondo units. It was Dodge's father   1SG Russell Dodge who along with the Camp Commander COL Charles Beckwith overhauled the Florida Phase of the US Army's Ranger School. The two transformed this phase from a scripted exercise based upon the Army's World War II experience, into a Vietnam-oriented jungle training regimen. Dodge and Beckwith are both inductees in the U S Army Ranger Hall of Fame. The "eye" with the world in it symbolizes the mission and scope of the Long Range Units. Ever watchful, anywhere in the world. The chevrons on each corner symbolize the 3 Battalions of the 475th Infantry (Merrill's Marauders) which was later redesignated as 75th Infantry to which the 75ht Ranger Regiment, Rangers, LRRPS, and LRS units trace their lineage and heritage. The colors within the chevrons were origninally intended to be the 6 colors of the combat teams of Merrills but were conveniently reduced to just 3 colors after the emblem was presented to the Ft. Benning TASC office for enlargement for the LRSU (LRSLC) course classroom.