Patrick Daniel Tillman Jr. (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was an American professional football player for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) who left his sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
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Pat Tillman was first deployed to Iraq in March 2003 and then sent to Afghanistan, where he served in the same unit with his brother. On April 22, 2004, as a ...
Pat and Kevin joined the U.S. Army that July, committing to a three-year term. They were assigned to the second battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment in ...
Sep 28, 2017 · Tillman was 25 years old when he joined the Army, placing him on the older side of military enlistees but on the decidedly younger side of life.
May 8, 2024 · He joined up in the spring of 2002 and trained to become an Army Ranger. Tillman was assigned to the 2nd battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment, ...
Feb 10, 2022 · Because he enlisted instead of going to OCS. Probably wanted his primary job to be fighting instead of administrative/managerial functions.
Tillman volunteered for duty with the Army in May 2002, requesting to serve as a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment — the U.S. military's premier light infantry ...
Mar 28, 2023 · He put his nfl career aside to join the military. He went overseas to proudly serve our country but sadly never came back.
Tillman, 27, shocked the sports world and the public two years ago when he walked away from a $3.6 million contract with the Cardinals to enlist in the Army ...
The clearest answer as to why he joined the Army Rangers came from Joseph Bush, an Air Force sergeant who just happened to run into his football hero when both ...