Remembering the Crew of Ranger 12

The seven men assigned to the Ranger-12 flight were typical of the 1980s Navy, which is to say they did not fit the stereotype in which many people still cast military professionals. These were not barely high school graduates who fled to the service for a steady job. They were well educated, mature, and – for the most part – was their work as a career, not a job opportunity. In their own individual ways, they were really quite extraordinary.