Riding to Honor. Riding to Remember.
Riding for Rangers.
We are humbled to remember the Fallen Rangers and Special Operators of the Battle
for Robert's Ridge on the 20th year commemoration of the fight on Takur Ghar,
Afghanistan.
Riding for Rangers is a month-long cycling fitness and fundraiser leading up to
September's Six Gap Century Ride in Dahlonega, Georgia. OnPoint 1-1- and
GallantFew team up to provide participants an opportunity to get fit for the arduous
climbs of Six Gap while raising funds for U.S. Army Ranger scholarships and
transition programs.
This year Riding for Rangers commemorates the 20-year anniversary of the courage
and sacrifice exhibited at the Battle of Takur Ghar, Afghanistan on March 3-4, 2002
during Operation Anaconda. Better known as Roberts Ridge, the fierce fight
eliminated al Qaeda resistance on the ridgeline at a cost of the lives of seven U.S.
special operators. All US special operators that day lived up to the Ranger Creed to
"never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the
enemy".
This September 1 -30, we ride to remember:
U.S. Army 75th Ranger Regiment:
CPL Matthew A. Commons, born 1981, Boulder City, Nevada
SGT Bradley S. Crose, born 1979, Orange Park, Florida
SPC Marc A. Anderson, born 1972, Brandon, Florida
U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU):
PO1 Neil "Fifi" C. Roberts, born 1969, Woodland, California
U.S. Air Force Combat Controller Team:
TSgt John A. Chapman, born 1965, Windsor Locks, CT
U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen:
SrA Jason D. Cunningham, born 1975, Carlsbad, New Mexico
U.S. Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne):
SGT Philip "Spytech" Svitak, born 1970, Neosho, Missouri
100% of the proceeds from the event will benefit Ranger transition and scholarship
programs.