75th Ranger Regiment Task Force Ranger

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 1990s, the modern Ranger force had firmly established itself as one of the U.S. Army’s premier rapid-deployment units. The 75th Ranger Regiment had proven its capabilities during airborne assaults in Grenada and Panama, demonstrating that elite light infantry could seize critical objectives quickly and decisively. But the …