{"id":30,"date":"2011-03-31T01:45:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T01:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2011-04-03T12:38:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T12:38:38","slug":"photos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/?page_id=30","title":{"rendered":"Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In K Company, the four man LRRP teams were designated R (for Ranger) plus a number. Beginning in\u00a0October &#8217;69 through February or March &#8217;70, R-18 consisted of the same four team members. During radio communications, the phonetic alphabet was in use &#8230; thus, R-18 was &#8220;Romeo one-eight&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The team leader was Sgt Gary Heald from Tulsa, Oklahoma and Ranger School at Fort Benning.<\/p>\n<p>The assistant team leader was Spec 4 Bob Holmen from Upsala, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>PFC Billy Powers was from Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>PFC Mark Estopare was from St. Louis, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Sgt-Gary-Heald.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"193\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/?attachment_id=193\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Sgt-Gary-Heald.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1248,1828\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sgt Gary Heald\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Sgt-Gary-Heald-204x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Sgt-Gary-Heald-699x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-193 alignleft\" title=\"Sgt Gary Heald\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Sgt-Gary-Heald-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Sgt-Gary-Heald-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Sgt-Gary-Heald-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Sgt-Gary-Heald.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Spec-4-Bob-Holmen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"195\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/?attachment_id=195\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Spec-4-Bob-Holmen.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1232,1814\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Spec-4-Bob-Holmen-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Spec-4-Bob-Holmen-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Spec-4-Bob-Holmen.jpg 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Billy-Powers.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Billy-Powers2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"201\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/?attachment_id=201\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Billy-Powers2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"882,1609\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PFC Billy Powers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Billy-Powers2-164x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Billy-Powers2-561x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-201\" title=\"PFC Billy Powers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Billy-Powers2-164x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Billy-Powers2-164x300.jpg 164w, https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Billy-Powers2-561x1024.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Billy-Powers2.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Mark-Estopare1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"203\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/?attachment_id=203\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Mark-Estopare1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1240,1814\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PFC Mark Estopare\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Mark-Estopare1-205x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Mark-Estopare1-699x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-203\" title=\"PFC Mark Estopare\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Mark-Estopare1-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Mark-Estopare1-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Mark-Estopare1-699x1024.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Mark-Estopare1.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theliberalspirit.com\/lrrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/PFC-Mark-Estopare.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In K Company, the four man LRRP teams were designated R (for Ranger) plus a number. Beginning in\u00a0October &#8217;69 through February or March &#8217;70, R-18 consisted of the same four team members. 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