![]() As a Scout Team Leader, John was placed in the same active-duty unit, the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, as Ben. John had left the service in 2003, however, he volunteered to be recalled to active duty under a Presidential recall in 2004. Brothers in Serviceīoth John and Ben found themselves back in the United States at Twentynine Palms, California, for buildup and deployment to Iraq. It would not be their bloodline brothers these two men would find themselves with during the fight of their life, but each other. Ben spent a year in Okinawa as his last peacetime deployment before Iraq. However, Ben arrived just two weeks after his brother departed the country. Ben and his brother were also both stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Ben took this as a challenge and decided to do a “harder job” and joined the Marine Corps Infantry Division in 2001. Ben Ranson, US Marine Corpsīen’s older brother joined the service in 1999 and was in the Marine Corps Air Wing. ![]() Both brothers were stationed at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan, where they linked up for the next year. “I can’t let my little brother do something I can’t do so I joined up,” said John. ![]() As John puts it, “I was going nowhere in life.” John’s little brother was looking to join the military and his dad said he should join the Marine Corps too. John Wilson joined the Marine Corps before 9/11 in 1999. Two of those patriots, John Wilson and Ben Ransom, share their moving story of how a few days at Tee It Up for the Troops REUNION changed and shaped their future. Many patriots were prepared to serve and defend their country and their fellow Americans, no matter the risk. to declare a global “War on Terror” on September 20, 2001. ![]()
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