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The 2nd Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment traces its lineage to two units; Company H, 475th Infantry Regiment (previously known as the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), or "Merrill's Marauders") and Company A, 2nd Ranger Battalion. The units originally had separate lineages, but were then consolidated in 1986.
Commander, 1–75th Ranger Battalion; Commander, USSOCOM 16th Colonel Michael E. Kurilla: 6 August 2009 28 July 2011 Commander, 2–75th Ranger Battalion; Commander, USCENTCOM 17th Colonel Mark W. Odom 28 July 2011 25 July 2013 Commander, 3–75th Ranger Battalion; DCG-S, 82nd Airborne Division 18th Colonel Christopher S. Vanek 25 July 2013
Company B, 75th Infantry (Ranger) 1 February 1969: 1 November 1974: Company C (LRP), 58th Infantry: VII Corps (Germany) Company C, 75th Infantry (Ranger) 1 February 1969: 25 October 1971: Company E (LRP), 20th Infantry: I Field Force (Vietnam) Company D (Ranger), 151st Infantry Company D, 75th Infantry (Ranger) 1 February 1969 20 November 1969: ...
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 ...
In 1944, Henry S. Golas of Central Falls was 1st sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion. A few days before D-Day, Golas got a good news/bad news message.He had been promoted to ...
The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company was awarded four campaign streamers for its service in the Korean War. In 1955, the unit was again designated A Company of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, and that unit carries on the 2nd Ranger Company's lineage. [22]
[2] Thirteen C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, having flown nonstop from the United States with troops from the 75th Ranger Regiment, parachuted in the entire 2nd Ranger Battalion (2/75) and one company from the 3rd Ranger Battalion (3/75), with the remainder of 3/75 going to Howard Air Force Base in reserve as a reactionary force. The jump ...
TF 20 was composed of mainly Special forces units from JSOC: B squadron, Delta Force and all three battalions of the 75th Ranger Regiment; a battalion strength element of the 82nd Airborne Division, serving as a QRF and reinforcements; and a M142 HIMARS; later in the invasion M1A1 Abrams tanks from C Company, 2nd Battalion 70th Armor were ...