Michael D. Steele

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Michael Dane Steele (born September 15, 1960) is a retired colonel of the United States Army. He was a company commander in the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in the Battle of Mogadishu (1993) in Somalia during Operation Gothic Serpent, which was the subject of the book and film Black Hawk Down. Growing up in northern Georgia, he was a star athlete in his high school football team and attended the University of Georgia in Athens, where he was commissioned from the Army Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) as an Infantry officer before being promoted to captain and moving to the 75th Ranger Regiment as the commander of Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion. The Rangers, led by their battalion commander Lt. Colonel Danny McKnight and his staff, including Steele, gained international recognition for their actions in Mogadishu while fighting alongside Delta Force and other elements of Army Special Operations Command, which resulted in Steele being awarded the Bronze Star for valor in combat...

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