75th Ranger Regiment

Not to be confused with 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger) or 75th Infantry Regiment (United States).

75th Ranger Regiment
75th Ranger Regiment's distinctive unit insignia
Active1984–present
1942–present (1st Battalion)
2006–present (Regimental Special Troops Battalion)
Country United States of America
Branch United States Army
TypeSpecial operations force
RoleSpecial operations
Size3,623 personnel authorized:[1]
  • 3,566 military personnel
  • 57 civilian personnel
Part of U.S. Army Special Operations Command
United States Special Operations Command[2]
HeadquartersFort Moore, Georgia
Nickname(s)Army Rangers
Airborne Rangers
Motto(s)Sua Sponte ("Of their own accord")
Rangers Lead the Way
Color of Beret  Tan
Engagements

Notable operations:

Websitewww.soc.mil/rangers/75thrr.html
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Kitefre Oboho
Command Sergeant MajorCommand Sergeant Major Chris Masters
Insignia
Regimental coat of arms
NATO Map Symbol
(1998)
NATO Map Symbol
(2017)
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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).[2][5] The regiment is headquartered at Fort Moore, Georgia and is composed of a regimental headquarters company, a military intelligence battalion, a special troops battalion, and three Ranger battalions.

The 75th Ranger Regiment primarily handles direct action raids in hostile or sensitive environments, often killing or capturing high-value targets. Other missions include airfield seizure, special reconnaissance, personnel recovery, clandestine insertion, and site exploitation.[5][6] The regiment can deploy one Ranger battalion within eighteen hours of alert notification.[5]

The 75th Ranger Regiment is one of the U.S. military's most extensively used units. On December 17, 2020, it marked 7,000 consecutive days of combat operations.[7]

  1. ^ SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES Opportunities Exist to Improve Transparency of Funding and Assess Potential to Lessen Some Deployments. GAO-15-571 (PDF) (Report). Government Accountability Office. July 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "USSOCOM Fact Book – 2017" (PDF). USSOCOM. 2017. pp. 19–20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ Naylor, Sean (2015). "Chapter 4". Relentless Strike : The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-250-01454-2. OCLC 908554550.
  4. ^ BRANCH, MSG MARCUS; GREER, CPT CHRISTOPHER; KINGSLEY, CPT JONATHAN; KUCHAR, MAJ VINCENT. "The 75th Ranger Regiment Post-OEF: Adapting Training and TTPs Following 13 Years of War" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Special Operations Forces Reference Manual (Fourth ed.). MacDill AFB, Florida: Joint Special Operations University. June 2015. pp. 78–82. ISBN 9781933749914. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Mission – 75th Ranger Regiment". GoArmy. 23 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  7. ^ Atlamazoglou, Stavros (23 December 2020). "ARMY RANGERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO COMBAT FOR 7,000 DAYS STRAIGHT". Sandboxx. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022.