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'''Ryan Payne''' (born 1984) is an [[electrician]] and member of the West Mountain Rangers, [[Militia organizations in the United States|a rump militia]] from [[Montana]].<ref name="payne">{{cite news|last1=McDermott|first1=Ted|title=Freedom Fighter|url=http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/freedom-fighter/Content?oid=2054145|accessdate=January 4, 2016|work=[[Missoula Independent]]|date=June 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Peacher|first1=Amanda|title=Who Wants A Burns Standoff? Not The Sheriff, The Ranchers, Or Even Cliven Bundy|url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/burns-oregon-standoff-militia/|accessdate=January 4, 2016|work=[[Oregon Public Broadcasting]]|date=January 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Brean|first1=Henry|title=Militias ‘mobilizing’ to support embattled Clark County rancher in clash with federal rangers|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/militias-mobilizing-support-embattled-clark-county-rancher-clash-federal-rangers|accessdate=January 4, 2016|work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]|date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> |
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Payne grew-up and graduated from high school in [[southern California]]. He joined the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in 2001, where he was assigned to a [[military intelligence]] unit, eventually rising to the rank of [[sergeant]]. He was deployed to Iraq during the [[Iraq War]]. According to Payne, he became skeptical of the military in 2005 after promised close-air support never materialized during a [[counter-insurgency]] operation.<ref name="payne" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gibbons-Neff|first1=Thomas|title=Meet the motley crew of veteran militiamen in Harney County|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/01/04/meet-the-motley-crew-of-veteran-militiamen-in-harney-country-oregon/|accessdate=January 4, 2016|work=[[Washington Post]]|date=January 4, 2016}}</ref> |
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During the [[Bundy standoff]] in 2014, Payne claimed to have organized a team of [[Militia organizations in the United States|militia]] sharpshooters.<ref name="za"/> |
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In 2016, Payne helped lead the [[occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge]].<ref name="za">{{cite news|last1=Zaitz|first1=Les|title=Militia takes over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/01/drama_in_burns_ends_with_quiet.html|accessdate=January 4, 2016|work=[[The Oregonian]]|date=January 3, 2016}}</ref> During the occupation, Payne commented that they would "be here for as long as it takes" however he further remarked that [[Citizens for Constitutional Freedom|his group]] was not violent, but it was possible that the standoff could turn violent.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Kirk|title=Armed Group Vows to Continue Occupation at Oregon Refuge|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/04/us/armed-group-vows-to-hold-federal-wildlife-office-in-oregon-for-years.html?_r=0|accessdate=January 4, 2016|work=[[The Oregonian]]|date=January 3, 2016}}</ref> |
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Payne is married with two children.<ref name="payne" /> |
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