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John Cafiero had originally written "I Wanna Be a NY Ranger" with the intention for it to be recorded by the Ramones as an anthem for the New York Rangers ice hockey team. The song is a punk rock interpolation of the military cadence "Airborne Ranger", inspired by the simplicity of older Ramones songs such as "Beat on the Brat". [2]
A military cadence or cadence call is a call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching. They are counterparts of the military march . Military cadences often take their rhythms from the work being done, much like the sea shanty .
In "Airborne Ranger Infantry," Kristy Lee Cook sings as the daughter of a soldier who admits the war within himself continued long after he retired his fatigues.
Lewis Winstock, Songs & Music of the Redcoats, 1642–1902, (1970) Walter Wood, The Romance of Regimental Marches, (1932) 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers connection to the early history of Garryowen: Royal Irish Lancers; 1st Squadron 7th Cavalry (history, song, etc.): US Army site Archived 16 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Originally, the song was titled "Army Air Corps."Robert MacArthur Crawford wrote the initial first verse and the basic melody line in May 1939. [1] During World War II, the service was renamed "Army Air Forces" because of the change in the main U.S. Army's air arm naming in mid-1941, and the song title changed to agree.
The song is associated with all current American airborne units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the 101st Airborne Division and 11th Airborne Division, and the 120th CTS (United States) as well as British airborne units. It is known as "Mancha Roja" (Spanish for "Red Stain") in airborne units from multiple ...
As of Wednesday, 143 women have graduated from the US Army Ranger Course, also called Ranger School, since the first women graduated in 2015, the Army told CNN.
Jimin Taylor Hill/Getty Images A week after BTS’s Jimin began his military service, the K-pop superstar delivered one more message to the Army. In “Closer Than This,” Jimin, 28, reflected on ...