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The 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as the Army Rangers, [3] is the premier light infantry and direct-action raid force of the United States Army Special Operations Command. [4] The 75th Ranger Regiment is also part of Joint Special Operations Command via the Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC).
The 75th Ranger Regiment's Regimental Reconnaissance Company (formerly known as Regimental Reconnaissance Detachment, or RRD) is an elite special operations force that has been a member of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) since 2005.
The regiment received streamers with arrowheads (denoting conflicts they spearheaded) for its participation in the invasions of Grenada and Panama. To date, the Rangers have earned six Presidential Unit Citations , nine Valorous Unit Awards , and four Meritorious Unit Commendation , the most recent of which were earned in Vietnam and Haditha ...
The 75th Ranger Regiment is the world's premier light-infantry special operations unit. Comprised of three line-infantry battalions, an intelligence battalion, and a special troops battalion, the ...
On 3 February 1986, the 75th Infantry Regiment (then consisting of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Ranger Battalion, 2nd Ranger Battalion, and 3rd Ranger Battalion) was consolidated with the former A Company, 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion (then part of HHC 7th SFG), Company A, 2nd Infantry Battalion (then part of HHC 10th SFG), and ...
75th Ranger Regiment. 1st Ranger Battalion; 3rd Ranger Battalion. Company C; Panama Defense Forces. 2nd PDF Company; Strength; Unknown 4 C-130 1 AC-130 gunship AH-6 helicopters: 200 1 ZPU-4: Casualties and losses; 1 killed [1] 5 wounded [2] 5 killed 50 captured 398 civilians detained
The 1st Ranger Battalion, currently based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is the first of three ranger battalions belonging to the United States Army's 75th Ranger Regiment. It was originally formed shortly after the United States' entry into World War II and was modeled after the British Commandos during the war.
Operation Rhino was a Joint Special Operations Command raid by several special operations units, including the United States Army's 160th Special Operation Aviation Regiment and the 75th Ranger Regiment (Regimental Reconnaissance Company and 3rd Ranger Battalion), on several Taliban targets in and around Kandahar, Afghanistan during the invasion of Afghanistan. [1]