75th Ranger Regiment Grenada 1983

Each year on June 19, we pause to recognize the birthday of one of the most respected and storied forces in the United States Army: the U.S. Army Rangers.

By the early 1980s, the modern Ranger force had spent nearly a decade preparing for combat. The battalions formed after Vietnam trained constantly for airborne assaults, airfield seizures, and rapid deployment missions. When the United States finally called upon the Rangers again, it would be in two dramatic Cold War …