{"id":73334,"date":"2017-07-13T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73334"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:48:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:48:00","slug":"tracy-marrowaka-ice-t-is-not-an-army-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73334","title":{"rendered":"Tracy Marrow aka Ice-T is not an Army Ranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73345\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73345\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow1.jpg?resize=214%2C317\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"317\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-73345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow1.jpg?w=214&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow1.jpg?resize=203%2C300&amp;ssl=1 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Someone emailed us a few weeks ago and they mentioned that they heard Ice-T, the rapper and actor on the Howard Stern show claim that he was an Army Ranger. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O1ORBINK1fM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, I looked at his <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice-T\">Wiki page<\/a> and sure enough, there it was. He&#8217;d said the same thing on the Adam Carolla show;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73335\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73335\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Lauren-Marrow-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Lauren-Marrow.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Lauren-Marrow.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Lauren-Marrow.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Lauren-Marrow.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edits to the Wiki page since this story published;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73370\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73370\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Edits-to-Marrows-Wiki-page-300x38.jpg?resize=300%2C38\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"38\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Edits-to-Marrows-Wiki-page.jpg?resize=300%2C38&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Edits-to-Marrows-Wiki-page.jpg?resize=768%2C98&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Edits-to-Marrows-Wiki-page.jpg?resize=500%2C64&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Edits-to-Marrows-Wiki-page.jpg?w=1423&amp;ssl=1 1423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;he joined the United States Army. Marrow served a four-year tour in the 25th Infantry Division. He was in a group that was charged with the theft of a rug. While awaiting trial, he received a $2,500 bonus check and decided to go AWOL, yet he returned a month later after the rug had been returned. As a consequence of his dereliction of duty, Marrow received an Article 15. non-judicial punishment.<\/p>\n<p>During his spell in the Army, Marrow became interested in hip hop music. He heard Sugar Hill Gang&#8217;s newly released single &#8220;Rapper&#8217;s Delight,&#8221; which inspired him to perform his own raps over the instrumentals of this and other early hip-hop records. The music, however, did not fit his lyrics or form of delivery.<\/p>\n<p>When he was stationed in Hawaii as a squad leader at Schofield Barracks, where prostitution was not a heavily prosecuted crime, Marrow met a pimp named Mac. Mac admired that Marrow could quote Iceberg Slim and he taught Marrow how to be a pimp himself. Marrow was also able to purchase stereo equipment cheaply in Hawaii, including two Technics turntables, a mixer, and large speakers. Once equipped, he then began to learn turntablism and rapping.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of his time in the Army, Marrow learned from his commanding officer that he could receive an honorable discharge because he was a single father, so he left four months ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>During an episode of the Adam Carolla Podcast that aired on June 6, 2012, Marrow claimed that after being discharged from the Army, he began a career as a bank robber. <strong>Using combat skills allegedly acquired in Ranger School<\/strong>, Marrow claimed he and some associates began conducting take-over bank robberies, &#8220;&#8230;like [in the film] Heat.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It was a topic of discussion at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socnet.com\/archive\/index.php\/t-16584.html\">SOCNET<\/a> 15 years ago. It&#8217;s on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001384\/bio\">IMBd profile<\/a> in the trivia section;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73340\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73340\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMBd-profile-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMBd-profile.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMBd-profile.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMBd-profile.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMBd-profile.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FINALLEVEL\/status\/866735230719188992\">this Twitter user<\/a> claiming to be Ice-T sent this a few weeks ago (the link to the Twitter message is dead now);<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73341\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73341\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ice-T-Twitter-300x169.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ice-T-Twitter.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ice-T-Twitter.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ice-T-Twitter.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ice-T-Twitter.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In 1999, he told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1999\/09\/22\/style\/beyond-cop-killerice-t-and-the-7th-deadly-sin.html\">New York Times &#038; International Herald Tribune<\/a>;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73344\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73344\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ice-T-New-York-Times-500x157.jpg?resize=500%2C157\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"157\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-73344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ice-T-New-York-Times.jpg?resize=500%2C157&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ice-T-New-York-Times.jpg?resize=300%2C94&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ice-T-New-York-Times.jpg?w=584&amp;ssl=1 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In his book, he tells folks about how he attended the Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning, GA;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73360\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73360\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/page-37-169x300.jpg?resize=169%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/page-37.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/page-37.jpg?resize=187%2C333&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/page-37.jpg?w=405&amp;ssl=1 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So my curiosity was piqued and we sent for his records. <\/p>\n<p>Marrow did join the Army, he was stationed in Hawaii, he did go AWOL (it looks like he went AWOL for about 2 weeks at the end of his Advanced Individual (Infantry) Training at Fort Benning), he was on a four-year enlistment (if he got a $2500 bonus like he claimed, that was for a four-year enlistment in the Infantry in the Carter years) &#8211; but he only did 26 months, a little bit more than half of his enlistment and his records don&#8217;t show that he went into the Reserves, so he was booted from the Army. He wasn&#8217;t a squad leader (he was discharged as a private first class E-3). And, oh, surprise, there is no airborne training or Ranger School.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73337\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73337\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow-FOIA-AA-300x293.jpg?resize=300%2C293\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=300%2C293&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=768%2C751&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow-FOIA-AA.jpg?resize=341%2C333&amp;ssl=1 341w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow-FOIA-AA.jpg?w=934&amp;ssl=1 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=73338\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73338\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow-FOIA-Assignments-300x181.jpg?resize=300%2C181\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow-FOIA-Assignments.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow-FOIA-Assignments.jpg?resize=768%2C464&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow-FOIA-Assignments.jpg?resize=500%2C302&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Tracy-Marrow-FOIA-Assignments.jpg?w=1512&amp;ssl=1 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I wonder which part of Ranger School would help someone rob banks, anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone emailed us a few weeks ago and they mentioned that they heard Ice-T, the rapper and actor on the Howard Stern show claim that he was an Army Ranger. 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