SOFREP welcomes new writer Dino Garner to the SOFREP. From a research biophysicist enlisting in the US Army and going through Ranger School at 35, he's had an interesting life to say the least. Dino Garner, a career biophysicist, enlisted in the US Army at 35 and served with the 1st Ranger Battalion. He later went on to do more than 230 overseas missions, including 10 poacher-hunting sorties in Africa.