The U.S. Mountain Ranger Association will host the 27th annual Critter Cookout on 24 April 2026 beginning at 1700 at the Overhang Club on Camp Frank D. Merrill.

The welcome and invocation will be conducted at 1700. Then we eat. At 1800 the USMRA Scholarship awards will be announced followed by the Fallen Ranger Memorial ceremony. They will honor:
CSM Stanley Fox
SGM William L. Harris
1SG Glenn L. Harris
SSG Joseph E. Suponcic
SGT Robert C. Gill
CPL Benjamin S. Kopp

The 5th Ranger Training Battalion will conduct their Open House beginning at 1100 on 25 April 2026.