"The students train for 62 days with minimal food and little sleep, and learn how to operate in the woods, mountains and swamplands. Lt. Marshall Plumlee ditched the NBA for the Army and already leads a platoonShow full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. “They can see which one of the dark blurs is Lt. Plumlee because I’m about twice as big as the other guys.”But getting inside vehicles or jumping out of planes can be challenging.“Each jump has been an adventure,” Plumlee says.
Proud of today's Ranger School graduates including 2LT Marshall Plumlee. It has its pluses and minuses. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. The Army didn't open the course to women until 2015, and even then it was only on a trial basis. "No one more deserving of pinning my Ranger Tab. The basketball is going to stop bouncing at some point.
Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. 2nd Lt. Marshall Plumlee graduated from the Army Ranger School on August 30, 2019.At seven feet tall, the former NBA player towered over other uniformed graduates at the Army Ranger School in Fort Benning, Georgia, last Friday. Brig. He faces inherent and unnecessary risk, as … RLTW! From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marshall Harrison Plumlee (born July 14, 1992) is an American former professional basketball player and is an active-duty United States Army Ranger-Qualified infantry officer. Going from the NBA to the active duty Army and now Ranger School I have to thank my biggest supporter in the transition, my mom," he wrote.Plumlee's two brothers -- Mason and Miles Plumlee -- also both played for Duke and the NBA.Another Army graduate also made headlines this week -- 1st Lt. Chelsey Hibsch, the first woman in the Air Force to graduate Ranger School. “To put it mildly.”Three years ago, Plumlee had just finished up his rookie season with the Knicks. Lt. Plumlee is still only 27, the youngest of three brothers who all played (or still play) in the NBA. I feel like I learned all these great lessons in teamwork and leadership from some of the teams I’ve been a part of in the NBA, and I felt obligated to share that with the army team. Lt. Plumlee is still only 27, the youngest of three brothers who all played (or still play) in the NBA. And for me, I figured I’d get a jump on it. “But there was still an itch I wanted to scratch on the army side of things. The military career was first sparked by a love of history classes and war movies. Lt. Plumlee is still only 27, the youngest of three brothers who all played (or still play) in the NBA. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.From the NBA to leading the way! NEW YORK — Marshall Plumlee had been training his platoon for a week through combat scenarios with live ammunition, stumbling and learning until they completed the mission by blowing up a mine-wire obstacle with C-4 explosives.Plumlee, the former Knicks center, suddenly was hit with the same adrenaline rush he remembered at Duke, or the G League, or the NBA.“When I was able to help my squad leaders blow up that obstacle, in that moment, it was like the same as dunking on somebody in a basketball game,” Plumlee tells the Daily News. Marshall Plumlee goes to the basket against the Clippers in March 2017.Getty Images 2nd Lt. Plumlee played for Duke University as a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadet in 2015, the year they won their fifth NCAA Championship … Back in October of 2018, he was traded to the Nets’ G-League affiliate in Long Island. “I loved being part of a team, being part of something bigger than yourself. I know I have something outside of basketball that I’m passionate about, something I love, let’s give this a real shot here and see how far I can go.”Plumlee, who is from Indiana, is physically unique to the army at 7-feet tall. Now he’s on a different team.“It was a really tough decision to leave basketball and I’ll say people often ask me if I miss it on the army side of things, but I tell them what I loved about basketball was the locker room environment,” Plumlee says. Plumlee's older brothers Miles and Mason preceded him at Duke. As Plumlee noted, he is easily spotted by his soldiers (although that could also work against him if it’s the enemy who is searching).“Even in the middle of the night under night vision goggles, my soldiers can always find me,” he says. Plumlee faces unique challenges as a 7-foot soldier, when curling up in vehicles and jumping out of planes. Plumlee is four inches taller than the maximum height (80 inches) allowed to join the Army, but according to the Duke Chronicle, he was granted a special waiver. But Plumlee never played for the Nets, and doesn’t plan to ever play professional basketball again.“I enjoyed basketball, I loved playing it at the highest level,” Plumlee says. He played college basketball for the Duke University Blue Devils. He then juggled his duties with the New York National Guard while playing with the Knicks, driving up to its facility in Troy, N.Y., for drills whenever the schedule allowed.