2024 MAC Range Day

About MAC Range Day

Join us for the Military Affairs Range Day as we commemorate the 31st Anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu and have a little fun shooting at the Range Complex in Autryville!

The Range Day Agenda includes a ceremony with Guest Speaker Stephen DeLellis at 11 a.m. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Stephen DeLellis is most recognizable for his involvement in the Battle of Mogadishu, an event later retold in the Hollywood movie Black Hawk Down.

The event will end at 3 p.m.

And whether you are a novice or a sharp shooter, there is a bay for you as we open up the range to shooting. Pre-registration is required and wrist bands will be issued in order to shoot. Bring your ammo as well!

Food will be available for purchase from Red, White and Blue BBQ. Informational tables and vendors will be on site.

Event tickets are $75 which includes a t-shirt, eye/ear protection and shooting privileges. There will also be a full auto fun shoot with tickets starting at $40 pre-registered and $50 at the door.

The event is free for spectators who are encouraged to come out to observe and have lunch with us. No one under 18 is permitted on the Range Complex grounds. Every attendee will need to sign the two waivers on the MAC Range Day event page.

Range Day bays are sponsored by Coldwell Banker Advantage, Mercedes Benz of Fayetteville and Texas Roadhouse.

Proceeds will be given to the U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum.

About the Guest Speaker

Stephen DeLellis served more than 36 years on Active Duty, with more than 31 years in Army Special Operations Forces. Steve was privileged to deploy 16 times in support of 6 separate conflicts. He culminated his career as the Deputy Command Surgeon for the United States Army Special Operations Command and previously managed the longest, continuously funded Traumatic Brain Injury research project in Army history. He has co-authored more than 40 publications on TBI, is an Army Medical Department Iron Major, a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit, the 2019 United States Army recipient of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation Hero of Military Medicine award, and an inductee into the Special Operations Forces Medical Hall of Honor, inaugural class of 2024. Steve currently serves as the Executive Director of Geneva’s Fort Liberty Research Institute.

About the Airborne and Special Operations Museum

The United States Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum (ASOM) is part of the U.S. Army Museum Enterprise dedicated to preserving and teaching a public history of the Special Operations and Airborne community, as well as broader United States military history. Located on Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg), but geographically separate from the main installation, it has been open to the public in nearby downtown Fayetteville, North Carolina since 2000. The facility is staffed primarily by civilians and volunteers on a day to day basis, but remains owned and administered by the Army through the U.S. Army Center of Military History, a part of Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).

In October 2013 the ASOM opened the "Task Force Ranger and the Battle of Mogadishu Exhibit." The exhibit features immersive dioramas and artifacts from the battle including the wreckage of Super 6–1, the first Black Hawk helicopter shot down during the battle, and Super 6–4. The downing of Super 6-1 is widely considered to be a turning point in the battle and is chronicled in the book by Mark Bowden and movie Black Hawk Down produced by Ridley Scott.